Sugarloaf (West Wicklow)

This article is about the peak in West Wicklow. For the similarly named mountains in East Wicklow, see Great Sugar Loaf and Little Sugar Loaf. For other mountains of the same name, see List of mountains named Sugarloaf.

Sugarloaf is a 552 metres (1,811 ft) peak in west County Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres (46 ft), it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland, and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres (2,087 ft), to the north.

Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf (l) and Lobawn (r) from the Glen of Imaal in the south
Highest point
Elevation	552 m (1,811 ft)
Prominence	14 m (46 ft)
Listing	none
Coordinates	53.011092°N 6.558082°W / 53.011092; -6.558082.
Geography
Sugarloaf Ireland
Location	County Wicklow, Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	S968965
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type(s)	Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule

Path from the summit of Lobawn to the summit of the Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf should not be confused with the better known Great Sugar Loaf 501 metres (1,644 ft), and the Little Sugar Loaf 342 metres (1,122 ft) in the northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains.

Bibliography

• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
• MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.

See also

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Sugarloaf (West Wicklow)
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH