Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales
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 Sugar Loaf Mountain from the north-west, with the village of Llanbedr in the valley below |
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| Elevation | 598 m (1,955 ft) |
| Location | Monmouthshire,  Wales |
| Range | Black Mountains |
| Prominence | 413 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 161 |
| OS grid reference | SO272187 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Sugar Loaf Mountain, usually called simply the Sugar Loaf (Welsh: Mynydd Pen-y-Fal or Y Fâl), is a mountain situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.
One of the summit peaks [1] of the Black Mountains [2], its height is 598 metres and the view from the summit [3] covers the Black Mountains and reaches as far as the Brecon Beacons to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 [4].
[edit] Land use
The mountain is in the ownership of the National Trust who manage its grazing by sheep. The lower slopes are deciduous mixed woodland with fern, heather and whinberry on the upper slopes. The wooded slopes have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
A vineyard, producing Sugar Loaf wines, is situated at Dummar Farm at the foot of the mountain on south facing slopes near Abergavenny.
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