Category Archives: Bricks

Whitehill House can be found to the south of Rosewell in Midlothian and is one of my local areas for turfing. On a previous turfing cycle around the area, I noticed a few piles of rubble in the woods along … Continue reading →

The site that was once Glenesk Colliery is located off the A7 just north of Eskbank, Dalkeith. Little remains of anything resembling a colliery, just a few concrete and stone structures, through old maps show a spoil heap in the … Continue reading →

Fly-tipping, whilst the most henious of crimes, can also offer opportunities for the brick spotter and this small pile of illegally tipped rubbish was encountered while exploring Camp Wood on my bicycle in search of some off-road trails. Nothing very … Continue reading →

Returning home from the Prestonholm Mill landfill site, I passed by Cockpen Church and Graveyard, Bonnyrigg, on my way home and popped in to check out a small area beside the road where rubble and other waste was starting to … Continue reading →

A few years ago when I first starting getting interested in bricks, I was actually thinking about collecting bricks, physically taking them home and starting a brick collection. One of my first field trips was to the site of Prestonholm … Continue reading →

The old curling pond in the grounds of Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, was something I’d noticed while viewing some old online maps of the area and as I was passing this way to look for bricks at the site of Prestonholm … Continue reading →

The end of October is not the best time to be looking for bricks in Autumn woodland, the carpet of thick leaves makes spotting bricks almost impossible, however, today I was revisiting a location to re-photography a find that didn’t … Continue reading →

Brick spotting is one of the least expensive, needs minimal equipment and enjoyable pastimes you can have. Other than recommending a pair of gloves and some form of tool to help you turn bricks over – I use a slater’s … Continue reading →

Having been thwarted from my original plan to visit the stretch of coastline between Seafield Treatment Works and Leith Docks in Edinburgh – a great place to spot bricks due to years of tipping rubble as coastal defences – by … Continue reading →