Ctx,Spot-date,No,Wt,Fabric,Length,Width,Thick,Completeness,Comments,Discard?,
0,E-M19C,1,2699,3261,n/a,115,68,Incomplete,"Label marked ctx "" (+)"" . Unstrat?? Broken but 3/4 complete - surviving length 195mm. Unfrogged. Yellow refractory firebrick with large off-centre incuse maker's stamp in rectangular frame 140mm x 43mm. Two line Inscription in capitals but first part of both line is v worn/faint although first line is almost certainly correct '[COALB]ROOKDALE/[LIGH]TMOOR. One side v burnt with thick dark purplish slag on that side only. Nb.- Lightmoor is an industrial village near Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shrops. PHOTO? [Refractory bricks appear to have been produced by the Lightmore Company between 1900 and the closure of the works in 1933.]",Retain,
8027,L19-E20C,1,5050,Staff blue,230,110,75,Complete,"Unfogged. V hard dark grey engineers brick. Some surfaces vitrified. IB 8mm w along one edge. Fairly rough. Brick has a large amount of grey mortar and red brick rubble adhering - probably 1/3 of total weight? 4203g (without rubble & cement, but skim of mortar still adhering); ",Discard,
8029,E-M19C,1,2600,3032,225,110,68,Complete,Shallow rectangular frog. Reddish-yellow stock brick. Frog with large stamped incuse capital letters in base (mostly covered in white mortar). Letters possibly 'IH & [Co]?' - nearly illegible,Retain,
8030,E-M19C,1,2661,3032,220,105,65,Complete,V shallow frog - mostly full of thick white mortar. Purplish stock brick with yellow surface patches,Discard,
8065,E-M19C?,1,2872,3261,220,105,60,Complete,Complete (but in 2 joining pieces). Unfrogged. Probably originally yellow firebrick - v scorched with dark purplish cindery slag along one side and thick light grey mortar on one face. Large rectangular stamp (165mm x 36mm) positioned diagonally on one face. Incuse captials 'HICKMAN [& Co?]/STOURBRIDGE,Retain,
8066,E-M19C,1,1998,3032,207,103,68,Complete,Chipped at one end. Shallow frog - mostly full of white mortar. Rough purplish stock brick. Use-wear on one side - possibly used for paving?,Discard,
8067,E-M19C,1,2378,3032,215,100,65-70,Complete,Unusual deep narrow rectangular frog (120mm x 35mm) possibly with illegible stamped lettering in frog? The 1st letter may be an 'L' ? Rough purplish stock brick with yellow surface patches. Thick white mortar [looks like shallow frog 140x55 with deep stamped section 25x95+mm  x19mm d],Retain,
8076 or 8078,L19C,1,3902,3038,225,110,75,Complete,Nb. 2 separate ctx labels with this brick: (8076) & (8078) - mix-up?? Unfrogged. V hard reddish-brown engineers-style brick. Possibly machine made? V neat. Diagonal skintling depression on one side. Narrow IB along arris at one end. V faint/fine textile impresssion on both sides. ,Discard,
8082,L19-E20C,1,3465,3038,225,110,68,Complete,Unfrogged. Hard red-brown ?engineers brick with granular fabric. Machine made. ,Discard,
8109,L19-E20C,1,3645,3038,230,105,80,Complete,Unfrogged. Complete but one side is very worn - possibly damaged during lifetime (eg by engines or machinery?).V hard red-brown granular fabric (ie late-looking). Possibly machine-made? Some light grey mortar adhering,Discard,
8119,E-M19C,1,2851,3034,230,105,65,Complete,"Irregular shallow frog mostly masked by mortar, though part deeper depression is just visible in the base. Rough stock brick. Purplish with yellow surfaces.Encrusted with thick light grey lime mortar; 2667g after removal of some mortar. Two different sorts of mortar: one cream and chalky, one pinkish b rown hard fine sandyh  with trowel marks.",Discard,
8185,E-M19C,1,2630,3032,220,110,65,Complete,"V shallow frog 138x60x11mm with a deeper depression 86x30x20 along the centre appears to have been formed by some sort of stamp - looks like three blobby depressions, but may have started as crude letters or trademark. Thr opposite bedding face is heavily strited longitudinally. Purplish-yellow stock brick. Fairly neat. White mortar encrusted; 2333g without mortar. Same type of brick as ctxs 8119, 8341 x2 & 8757.",Discard,
8201,L19-E20C?,1,5100,3038,225,125,80,Complete,Unfrogged?? Outsize engineers brick. Hard orange-red granular fabric. One face covered in hard grey mortar,Discard,
8204,L19-E20C,1,2215,Staff blue,n/a,110,75,Half,Unfogged. V hard dark purplish grey engineers brick. Same as other brick from ctx.,Discard,
8204,L19-E20C,1,4301,Staff blue,225,110,73,Complete,Unfrogged. V hard dark grey engineers brick with thick dark grey cement adhering,Discard,
8206,L19C?,1,3513,8038,230,110,70,Complete,Unfrogged.Longitudinal striations on one bedding face. V neatly made light orange brick in dense fine clay fabric without inclusions. Heavily encrusted in hard dark grey fine mortar (mixed with soot?),Discard,
8312,L19-E20C,1,3737,Staff Blue,228,112,70,Complete,Unfrogged. V hard dark grey engineers brick made with one bevelled corner on one end only - small bevel. Partly covered in grey mortar. ,Discard,
8312,L19-E20C?,1,3650,Staff Blue,220,110,85,Complete,Identical engineers brick to (8730) with same bevelled edge and with identical dumbell-shaped frog.,Discard,
8315,L19-E20C,1,4705,Staff Blue,220,110,85,Complete,Identical engineers brick to (8730) & (8312) with same bevelled edge and with identical dumbell-shaped frog.,Discard,
8341,M19C?,1,2302,3032,230,105,62,Complete,Brick B: Rough stock or possibly firebrick? Shallow rectangular frog 140x65x11mm (double recessed or stepped in section) with deeper section 80x30x16mm. Frog probably has faint illegible lettering in the base. Brick heavily scorched at both ends with vitrifiction/cindering along one arris. Scorched reddish-brown surfaces - possibly originally yellow? Wire-or blade-dragged down one face - machine made? One corner has been drilled away to create a small semi-circular bevel or chamfer 35x14mm (possibly to take a pivot or structural rod?). Traces light grey to white mortar,Discard,
8341,E-M19C,1,2640,3032,225,105,65,Complete,"Brick A: Shallow rectangular frog c. 150x50x13mm with deeper depression 82x20x17mm in middle from stamp/makers mark?  - similar to others seen from this site. Purplish-red marron with cream grits, stock brick. Mostly covered with grey mortar; 2400g without mortar. Striated bedding face",Discard,
8364,L19-E20C?,1,2938,3046,230,110,68,Complete,Unfrogged. Machine made? Neat orange brick. Small patches dark grey mortar. ,Discard,
8720,L19-E20C,1,4341,Staff blue type,225,110,75,Complete,Stamped engineers brick (Cakemore Blue Brick Co)- identical to (8767) & with same monogram stamp. Also sooted on bevel as latter,Retain,
8730,L19-E20C,1,3926,Staff blue type,220,110,85,Complete,"Frogged. Hard dark grey engineers brick (jamb or voussoir?). Made with one long (strecher) edge bevelled-off giving a 5-sided section. Bevel width = 75mm. Bevel edge sooted (from railway arch?). Neatly stamped dumbell-shaped frog with squared-off ends and with screw head impressions at either end. Length of frog = 155mm x max width 60mm & min width 30mm at waist, & c5mm deep. No maker's mark. Patches of fine grey mortar.  [Similarity to Cakemore bricks suggests this is also one of their products, but the dumbell shaped frog was also used by Hamblet's - see XSD10 (6449).]",Retain,
8745,E-M19C,1,2497,3032,230,110,68,Complete,Shallow rectangular frog with a longitudinal line or groove along axis of frog. Purplish-red stock brick. Part covered in white mortar,Discard,
8752,L19-E20C,1,4396,3038,225,105,73,Complete,Unfrogged. Hard dark grey engineers brick. V angular corners and arrises. Two impressions of brick corners at either end on one stretcher face from stacking of bricks for drying/in kiln. One bedding face striated from striking.,Discard,
8757,E-M19C,1,2525,3034,235,100,68,Complete,"2269g after removing much of mortar. Shallow frog c. 160x55mm - mostly full of grey mortar. V rough reddish-brown stock brick; very rough indented base, rough creased edges.",Discard,
8767,L19-E20C,1,3925,Staff blue,225,110,75,Complete,"V hard dark grey engineers brick made with one end bevelled-off - the latter end v thickly sooted (possibly from a train tunnel?). Neatly stamped shallow frog of slack dumbell or propellor shape (length of frog 165mm x max width 60mm & min 40mm at 'waist', c8mm deep). In centre of frog a neat relief maker's mark - a monogram of 3 letters or letters & numbers (a large 'C' enclosing a 'B' or an '8' with a central 'I' through the 'B'). At either end of frog is a screw-head impression (from the metal stamp or die) and on the right-hand side of the frog is a small but deliberate relief 'X'. Soft grey cement in places. [This is actually a C enclosing two Bs back to back and stands for Cakemore Blue Brick, made by Cakemore Blue Brick Co, originally based at Dudley, later S Staffordshire Brick Co (see BBS newsletter 98, 2005 - article by Cox on the company). The trademark stamped on the brick was patented in 1892.] PHOTO?",Retain,
TOTAL,,28,93462,,,,,,,,