Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. The stamp reads either 1 or I Garnkirk. . .  

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Stamped ‘Garnkirk’ to the front. Stamped ‘Patent’ to the rear. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .  

Found by Marcelo Soulé on the coast near Papudo, Valparaíso, Chile. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found by Rachel Brown on an old gold mine crushing plant in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . .  

Found by Akin Uddin at Chuadanga, Bangladesh. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . .  

Found by ‘Crossgates Hearts Fc’ in the Blairadam Woods, Kelty, Fife. I am not in possession of this example. ‘Appin’ to front. ‘VIII’ to rear. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . .

Found by ‘Crossgates Hearts Fc’ in the Blairadam Woods, Kelty, Fife. I am not in possession of this example. ‘Appin’ to front. ‘X’ to rear. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . .

The following bricks were found by John Gibson and to Mark Courneyea. John states – We are researching the history of a munitions factory in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, which was built in 1941, and we have almost finished a book on the factory. On a site visit a few days ago we came upon two…

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The side view shows a sloping edge to one end.

Found in dumped rubble at Glenboig. This may read IXIII or IIIXI or indeed looking at the photo it may actually read IXIIII or the reverse of that. These appear to be Roman numerals although they do not equate to an actual number. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but…