Plasterfield

Human settlement in Scotland

Plasterfield

Location within the Outer Hebrides

LanguageScottish Gaelic
EnglishOS grid referenceNB440330Civil parish

Stornoway

Council area

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Lieutenancy area

Western Isles

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSTORNOWAYPostcode districtHS1Dialling code01851PoliceScotlandFire Scottish Ambulance Scottish UK Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Scottish Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

List of places: UK; Scotland

58°12′43″N 6°21′29″W / 58.212°N 6.358°W / 58.212; -6.358

Plasterfield (Scottish Gaelic: Raon na Crèadha) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway.^[1]

Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, built after World War II. The ambulance station for the Isle of Lewis is also here^[2] as well a small industrial estate (Mossend estate). In the 1970s a group of Barratt houses was built adjacent to Plasterfield; this area was originally called Bayview. Plasterfield is also the home of The Blackhouse bakery (formerly MacKinnon's).^[3]

Angus Macleod, the former Scottish editor of The Times, was raised in Plasterfield.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Lewis, Plasterfield". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Selected Notifications: Addition of Ambulance Stations to the Location Code Directory 20th June-14th August 2005". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "MacKinnon's Bakery, Plasterfield, Stornoway". MacKinnon's Bakery. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "First Minister leads tributes to 'extraordinary' journalist". Hold The Front Page. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Angus Macleod - Obituary". The Telegraph. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.