Plasterfield
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{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| official_name = Plasterfield
| gaelic_name = Raon na Crèadha
| label_position = top
| static_image_name = Stornoway Radar Station - geograph.org.uk - 206245.jpg
| static_image_caption = Stornoway radar station, which helps controllers at Prestwick monitor transatlantic and other high-level air traffic, at the south-eastern corner of Plasterfield
| population =
| language = Scottish Gaelic
| language1 = English
| os_grid_reference = NB440330
| coordinates = {{coord|58.212|-6.358|display=inline,title}}
| civil_parish = Stornoway
| unitary_scotland = Na h-Eileanan Siar
| lieutenancy_scotland = Western Isles
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Na h-Eileanan an Iar
| constituency_westminster = Na h-Eileanan an Iar
| post_town = STORNOWAY
| postcode_area = HS
| postcode_district = HS1
| dial_code = 01851
}}
Plasterfield ({{langx|gd|Raon na Crèadha}}) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway.{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/134935/details/lewis+plasterfield/|title=Lewis, Plasterfield|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|accessdate=20 December 2014}}
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{{cite web|url=http://showcc.nhsscotland.com/isd/files/Notif0805B.htm|title=Selected Notifications: Addition of Ambulance Stations to the Location Code Directory 20th June-14th August 2005|publisher=NHS Scotland|accessdate=20 December 2014}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://mackinnons.webs.com/|title=MacKinnon's Bakery, Plasterfield, Stornoway|publisher=MacKinnon's Bakery|accessdate=20 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141220142418/http://mackinnons.webs.com/|archivedate=20 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Angus Macleod, the former Scottish editor of The Times, was raised in Plasterfield.{{cite web|url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/first-minister-leads-tributes-to-extraordinary-journalist/|title= First Minister leads tributes to ‘extraordinary’ journalist|publisher=Hold The Front Page|date=8 October 2014|accessdate=20 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11151921/Angus-Macleod-obituary.html|title=Angus Macleod - Obituary|publisher=The Telegraph|date=9 October 2014|accessdate=20 December 2014}}
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- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=840250 Geograph images from the area around Plasterfield]
Category:Villages in the Isle of Lewis
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