Anyone recognise these blocks

[Poe]

Dug a load of these blocks up and wondered what they might have been used for.
They say Rufford, Stourbridge on their face.
Looked online and I think the company went out of business in the mid 1930s.

I thought maybe Foundation (spreader?) Blocks.


Poe.

 

[Nige F]

Fire bricks

 

[Poe]

I thought something like that but they're really not very heavy and none have any burn or soot marks.

There is still more to come up yet.

Poe

 

[tony1851]

I think Nige is right - they look like refractory linings for fireplace recesses. Being thinner than conventional fire bricks, they didn't take up as much space.

 

[Nige F]

I thought something like that but they're really not very heavy and none have any burn or soot marks.

There is still more to come up yet.

Poe

That's because they are new. Googgle led me to the factory - producing reflac......what tony said. Back in the day.

 

[Poe]

Thanks guys,
Nige f, that's kind of what I couldn't work out the fact that they aren't marked up by use like mortar or soot.

Question now is why have I got a load of 80 year old plus unused fire linings in my garden!

Cheers Po.

 

[bernardgreen]

They might be protective tiles that would have been laid over a High Voltage cable ( HV > 11,000 volts ) to prevent shovels or other tools damaging the cable.

 

[Poe]

I hope not bernardgreen,
Don't think my diggers going to like sticking it's teeth into one of those!

I can't even give them away to reclamation yards here so in the skip they go.

Cheers,

Po.