Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales
- Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales
Infobox Mountain
Name = Sugar Loaf
Photo = Sugarloaf.jpg
Caption = Sugar Loaf Mountain from the north-west, with the village of Llanbedr in the valley below
Elevation = 598 m (1,955 ft)
Location = Monmouthshire, WAL
Range = Black Mountains
Prominence = 413 m
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 161
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = SO272187
Listing = Marilyn
Sugar Loaf Mountain, usually called simply the Sugar Loaf (Welsh: "Mynydd Pen-y-Fal" or "Y Fâl"), is a mountain situated convert|2|mi|km|1 north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.
One of the summit peaks [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/220787] of the Black Mountains [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/338572] , its height is 598 metres and the view from the summit [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24143] covers the Black Mountains and reaches as far as the Brecon Beacons to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south.
Prehistory
A Sugar Loaf foothill, "Y Graig", was discovered in the 1990s to be the site of prehistoric flint tools dating from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age.
Walking
The Sugar Loaf is very popular with walkers and hillwalking enthusiasts and offers easy ascents on foot from the Sugar Loaf car park at about 1000 feet (halfway) or longer ascents from Abergavenny and Crickhowell or Llangenny [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/129260] .
Land use
The mountain is in the ownership of the National Trust who manage its grazing by Welsh mountain sheep. The lower slopes are deciduous mixed woodland with fern, heather and Bilberry, known locally as whinberry, on the upland slopes. The wooded slopes have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
A vineyard, producing Sugar Loaf British wines, is situated at Dummar Farm at the foot of the mountain on south facing slopes near Abergavenny.
External links
* [http://www.brecon-beacons.com/The-Sugar-Loaf.htm The History of the Sugar Loaf]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/91933 Photo showing how it gets its name]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/129254 Photo from the Skirrid]
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