Plasterfield
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| Plasterfield Gaelic: Raon na Crèadha | |
| Ross-shire | |
|---|---|
 Stornoway Airport radar station | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NB440330 |
| Location: | 58°12’43"N, 6°21’29"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Stornoway |
| Postcode: | HS1 |
| Dialling code: | 01851 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Plasterfield is a hamlet on the island of Lewis in Ross-shire. It lies within the parish of Stornoway, to the east of Stornoway itself.[1]
Plasterfield effectively forms a suburb of Stornoway and consists of houses built after World War II. The ambulance station for the Isle of Lewis is also located at Plasterfield[2] as well a small industrial estate (Mossend estate).
Plasterfield is the home of MacKinnon's Bakery.[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. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/134935/details/lewis+plasterfield/. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Selected Notifications: Addition of Ambulance Stations to the Location Code Directory 20th June-14th August 2005". NHS Scotland. http://showcc.nhsscotland.com/isd/files/Notif0805B.htm. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "MacKinnon's Bakery, Plasterfield, Stornoway". MacKinnon's Bakery. http://mackinnons.webs.com/. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "First Minister leads tributes to ‘extraordinary’ journalist". Hold The Front Page. 8 October 2014. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/first-minister-leads-tributes-to-extraordinary-journalist/. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Angus Macleod - Obituary". The Telegraph. 9 October 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11151921/Angus-Macleod-obituary.html. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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