Plasterfield
village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
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.
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 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).
Angus Macleod, the former Scottish editor of The Times, was raised in Plasterfield.
“Plasterfield” enters the record as village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Plasterfield, village and Outer can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7202028. Authority coordinates are 58.212, -6.358. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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