OS grid reference NB440330 Country Scotland Post town STORNOWAY Dialling code 01851 Civil parish Stornoway | Lieutenancy area Western Isles Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 12:17 PM Council area Outer Hebrides | |
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Language Scottish Gaelic
English Weather 4°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Plasterfield (Scottish Gaelic: Raon na Crèadha) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the island of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway.
Map of Plasterfield, Stornoway, UK
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 located at Plasterfield as well a small industrial estate (Mossend estate). In the 1970s a group of Barratt houses were built adjacent to Plasterfield, this area was originally called Bayview and now has its own separate set of street names and is connected to Constable Road. Plasterfield is also the home of MacKinnon's Bakery.
Angus Macleod, the former Scottish editor of The Times, was raised in Plasterfield.
References
Plasterfield Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA