Plasterfield

Plasterfield

Plasterfield

Human settlement in Scotland

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Lewis, Plasterfield". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Selected Notifications: Addition of Ambulance Stations to the Location Code Directory 20th June-14th August 2005". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    "MacKinnon's Bakery, Plasterfield, Stornoway". MacKinnon's Bakery. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "First Minister leads tributes to 'extraordinary' journalist". Hold The Front Page. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Angus Macleod - Obituary". The Telegraph. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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