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  • Bonnybridge 30
    — 06/08/2021

    Found on Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay

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  • Silica
    — 26/07/2021

    Found in the Wemyss area of Fife. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Unknown maker. Find location

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  • Clay water pipe
    — 23/05/2021

    This unstamped clay pipe was found by Geoff Hancock in a shed on Raws Farm, near Sandford, Strathaven.

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  • O Youngs
    — 31/03/2021

    Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks

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  • Blochairn brick found in Queensland, Australia
    — 23/02/2021

    This brick is in the possession of John Stevens. John states –  I believe it came from a fireplace

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  • Calder British Made brick found in Argentina
    — 10/02/2021

    Calder British Made brick found in Argentina. These Calder bricks were found in the lime kilns at Calderón,

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  • Mitchell Westbank Portobello
    — 16/12/2020

    Found by Ian Suddaby in Leith, Edinburgh. This example is not in my possession. Ian states – This

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  • Scottish bricks found in Trinidad
    — 04/12/2020

    Many thanks to Terrence Honore and the Palmiste Historical Society for the following information. These

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  • Scottish bricks found in Eastern Russia.
    — 24/10/2020

    The following bricks are in the possession of Boris Talpa, Rostov on Don, Russia. They were found in

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  • Forth and Starworks bricks found in Lisbon, Portugal
    — 20/07/2020

    The following bricks were found at Old Manutenção Militar, Beato – Lisbon, Portugal by Rui Ribolhos,

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  • Young’s Glenboig
    — 11/07/2020

    Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right which has slightly deformed

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  • Heathfield 31
    — 13/06/2020

    Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right, partly obscuring

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  • D Heathfield
    — 10/06/2020

    Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Heathfield Fireclay Works,

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  • Heathfield A
    — 10/06/2020

    Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works,

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  • Unmarked brick found at the Gunpowder Mills, Gorebridge, Midlothian
    — 29/04/2020

    This unmarked red clay brick was found by Ian Suddaby and is interesting for several reasons. Ian states:-

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  • Heathfield R O
    — 29/04/2020

    Found by Geoff Hancock in the Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire area. Note the thumbprint to the top right.

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  • Heathfield and Caledonia bricks found in Hong Kong
    — 15/04/2020

    The following bricks were found in the area of Mount Parker, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong by Jade Ling, Kenny

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  • Stein
    — 10/03/2020

    Found by Ian Suddaby near Forfar. I am not in possession of this example. Note the thumbprint to the

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  • Drainage brick with lifting tool marks
    — 17/12/2019

    Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. This brick may have been used as a land drainage ’tile’

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  • Gartcraig bricks found in British Columbia, Canada
    — 14/08/2019

    These bricks were found by an unknown party at the long-vanished gold rush town of Fairview, near Oliver,

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  • Dykehead 96
    — 23/06/2019

    Found by Ian Suddaby at Charlestown, Fife. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Thumbprint

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  • Dougall 1
    — 28/05/2019

    Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative

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  • Unidentified brick – cross
    — 28/03/2019

    Found at Glenbuck, East Ayrshire. The manufacturer of this firebrick is unknown. An ‘X’ has

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  • Youngs
    — 13/01/2019

    Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative

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  • Hurll 16 Glasgow
    — 08/10/2018

    Found by Tucker Kennedy at Ardeer, Ayrshire. Note the thumb print to top right. Note ‘Glasgow’

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  • Heathfield
    — 01/09/2018

    Found in Alloa. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . Below

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  • Unmarked oversized brick found in Edinburgh.
    — 31/08/2018

    This brick was found in a skip in George IV Bridge, Edinburgh by Nick Basden.  It is believed to have

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  • J Gilmour & Co Kilmarnock
    — 23/08/2018

    Found by Ian Suddaby in Knockentiber, Kilmarnock. Messrs John Gilmour & Co., manufacturers of bricks

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  • Glenboig 111 G
    — 28/06/2018

    Found by Eddie McLean in Glenboig. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative

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  • Garnkirk 2
    — 28/06/2018

    Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnkirk to the front. Patent to the rear. Note the thumbprint

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