Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean at Glenboig. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks

Photo courtesy of Nottingham City Museums & Galleries. Many thanks to ‘Old Frechevillian’

Found by Hock Keong in Singapore. Hock found this brick in a pile of rubble at a former gasworks in Singapore

Found by Hock Keong in Singapore. Hock found this brick in a pile of rubble at a former gasworks in Singapore

Found at the Hurll, Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative

Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. It is assumed that this is a  P & M Hurll product but it appears

Found by Tucker Kennedy on the Ayrshire coast. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative

Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Ormiston Colliery, East Lothian. This is not in my possession. The stamp

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

Found on the site of the old Calder Iron Works, Coatbridge. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire

Found by Ian Suddaby at Inverboyndie, Aberdeenshire. This example is not in my possession. Garnqueen

Found by Tucker Kennedy on the Isle of Islay. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative

Found by Drew Stewart on the Tweed Estuary at Berwick. This is not in my possession. Garnqueen Fireclay

Found at the Gartliston Works Glenboig. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks