Sugar Loaf, sometimes called 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 of the Black Mountains , its height is 598 metres and the view from the summit covers the Black Mountains and reaches as far as the Brecon Beacons to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south.
A Sugar Loaf foothill, Y Graig, was discovered in the 1990...
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Sugar Loaf, sometimes called 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 of the Black Mountains , its height is 598 metres and the view from the summit covers the Black Mountains and reaches as far as the Brecon Beacons to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south.
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.
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 .
It is a popular misconception that Sugar Loaf is an 'extinct volcano'; an idea born perhaps from the striking resemblance of its conical outline, particularly when seen from the east, to that of a classic volcano. It is...
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