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Knockmealdown Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 794 metres Summits in area: 14 OS Map(s): 74, 82 for all tops Set Area Map On     Sugarloaf Hill Mountain Tipperary/ Waterford County Cnoc na gCloch A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Cnoc na gCloch [OSI], 'hill of the stones') Height: 663 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 74 for top Grid Ref: S03970 10479 Latitude: 52.246503 Longitude: -7.942614 ITM: 603918 610532 Prominence: 118m   Isolation: 2.1km The name 'Sugarloaf' is widely applied to hills of a conical shape in Ireland and Britain. Its equivalent 'pain de sucre' is common in France. It is also found further afield, e.g. at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil (Pão de Açúcar in Portuguese) and the Montmorency Falls in Canada, where the name 'Pain de Sucre' is applied to the cone of ice which forms at the base of the waterfall in winter. There is a widespread misconception nowadays that 'sugarloaf' is some kind of bread. In fact, the word refers to the form in which sugar was usually sold all over the world, at least up to the 19th century, until granulated sugar became widely available in packets. The sugary liquid was dripped onto a surface and a solid mass formed in a conical or torpedo-like shape, like a sugary stalagmite. Sugar is still available in this form in North Africa, and it is also used in Germany to make the drink 'Feuerzangenbowle', for which the sugarloaf must first be soaked in rum. Sugarloaf Hill is the 170th highest summit in Ireland. Sugarloaf Hill is the most northerly summit in the Knockmealdown Mountains area. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Sugarloaf Hill Page 1 2 3 Next page >> Picture: Sugarloaf just right of centre, from Knockmealdown Expand pics.   Sentry of the Vee gap Short Summary created by jackill  5 Mar 2011 Start at the Vee, where there is lots of room to park safely by the roadside, and head up the rough, often boggy track past the Grubb monument (large stone cairn by the roadside), to the summit. You can also park in Bay lough carpark S031 101 (Point A), cross the main road and follow the steep rocky track, keeping the stone wall to your left to the top of the Sugarloaf. You can make the ascent somewhat easier by parking at the Vee, walk to the sharp apex of the Vee itself and follow the Munster way( signposted as St Declans way here) down into Glenmoylan. Do not cross the stream instead follow the path to the right going up the glen almost as far as where the non-existant Lough Moylan is shown on the OS maps , look for a rocky zig-zag path going up to the col between the Sugarloaf and Knockmealdown and follow it up. Cross the col to find the wall and follow it west to the Sugarloaf. Point A: S031 101 (turn area map On) Comment Rating (0.00) Expand pics. by jackill  4 Oct 2004 Looking back on the Sugarloaf along by the county wall towards Knockmoylan. Knockaunabulloga (overlooking the Vee and Petty Coat Looses favorite hide out Beal Loch) is on the left of photo.An old recitation I can remember my grandfather had said her fist was so big she could crush a man with the weight of it until "Father Power to the Red Sea drove her and gave her a thimble to empty the sea". (Comment Rating 3.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Knocknalougha and Knockshanahullion from the summit of Sugarloaf Hill. Expand pics.   by csd  18 Oct 2006 Parked at the car park marked at The Gap, and headed straight up Sugarloaf Hill. It's a bit of a slog up, and unfortunately parts of the track are showing signs of erosion from walkers. However, as you lift your head on the inevitable stops to catch your breath, the view as you get higher is one of the better ones. It should be possible to make the summit in 40 mins from the car park. Pic shows the view across The Gap to Knocknalougha and Knockshanahullion. (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: View down to the carpark from the steep slopes of Sugarloaf Hill Expand pics. by wicklore  7 Aug 2008 Bank Holiday Monday last was my first trip to the Knockmealdowns. I decided to start with Sugarloaf Hill and make my way across to Knockmealdown and beyond. I am unfamiliar with this area, but using map no.74 I found the carpark on the R668 at S 031 100 (Point B). Across the road from the carpark a track heads directly up Sugarloaf Hill. This is very steep in places and a punch in the belly after a nearly three hour car journey! I met an elderly man running down and I proudly told him that I was struggling but making progress. He congratulated me on my ‘fitness’ before informing me he had run up this way earlier, had run across the range and was on his way back. My Hour of Shame! My photo shows the carpark from near the summit of Sugarloaf Hill and gives a sense of the height gained in such a short distance. The summit arrived surprisingly quickly after about 45 minutes. I was lucky with the weather and had great views in all directions. I spent some time with my maps identifying what I could see in the distance (the Galtees, the Comeraghs) as well as the nearer mountains of the Knockmealdowns themselves. I then continued on my traverse SW towards Knockmoylan. Point B: S031 100 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by simon3  17 Mar 2003 The summit of Sugarloaf Hill has what looks like a ruined cairn. Stretching north from this is a narrow ridge. Visit the end of the ridge and you can get a view both down to the Vee, a road with a well known hairpin bend, and over the valley towards the Galtees. It is also possible to see Bay Lough, a small corrie lake on the north-east side of Knockaunabulloga (630m). There are few lakes in the Knockmealdowns. (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Knockmealdown summit - May 2008 Expand pics. by deswalk  6 Sep 2008 I climbed Sugarloaf Hill on 1 September and was disappointed to see the damage that's being caused by motorcycles and there was one culprit enjoying himself by repeatedly ascending and descending the bottom section of the hill on his offensive machine. I also found a lot of tyre damage on the summit. The initial steep pull up from the Vee carpark has thus become a real messy rake and the old boundary wall appears to have disappeared in places, especially at the summit. Twenty to thirty years ago I could shelter from a biting north wind behind the wall but its stones are now being used to build numerous cairns, as well as the increasingly popular compulsion among certain hillgoers to leave their John Hancock in the heather using the wall stones. Perhaps I'm just getting grumpy! The picture was taken in May 2008 from the summit of Knockmealdown looking towards Sugarloaf Hill. It was a challenge trying to photograph myself in the powerful wind! (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Sugarloaf Hill Page 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Sugarloaf Hill. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 30 Next page >> Forum: General Tomaneena summit Dessie1 15 hours ago. 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