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 Scottish Gaelic: Raon na Crèadha
The Stornoway radar station, which helps controllers at Prestwick monitor transatlantic and other high-level air traffic, is located at the south-eastern corner of Plasterfield
Plasterfield Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic English
OS grid reference	NB440330
Civil parish	Stornoway
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STORNOWAY
Postcode district	HS1
Dialling code	01851
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
List of places UK Scotland 58.212°N 6.358°W / 58.212; -6.358

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[2] 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 the MacKinnon's Bakery (now The Blackhouse bakery).[3]

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

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