Method and device (1) for making a package layer of elongated bricks in herringbone pattern, wherein the layer is made on a substrate and having a horizontal limitation by at least one end jig (12) with a herringbone-shaped stop edge (14) adapted to the bricks used, wherein the bricks supported on a transport surface moving in a first direction towards the end jig, are supplied towards the end jig (12) in consecutive series, to make the package layer, growing from the end jig, wherein the bricks when abutting the end jig (12) or the bricks of the preceding series that have already been incorporated in the package layer, form a point of rotation therewith and by engagement of the transport surface moving at that location are placed in the desired position in the package layer.