Sugarloaf Hill, Cnoc na gCloch, Graigue Hill 662.7m mountain, Knockmealdown Mountains Cen: Central Knockmealdowns Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Knockmealdown Mountains Area Cen: Central Knockmealdowns Subarea

Place count in area: 17, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 82, EW-K
Highest place:

Knockmealdown, 792.4m
Maximum height for area: 792.4 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 682.7 metres,

Places in area Knockmealdown Mountains:
Cen: Central Knockmealdowns:

Sugarloaf Hill 662.7m
E: East Knockmealdowns:

Broemountain 430.4m

Knocknanask 486m

Knocknasheega 430.4m

Knocksculloge 432.6m
S: Araglin:

Knockadullaun 352.2m
W: West Knockmealdowns:

Crow Hill 516.8m

Farbreaga 518m

Knocknalougha 629m

Knocknalougha South Top 518.6m

Knockshanahullion 653.3m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Sugarloaf Hill Mountain Cnoc na gCloch A name in Irish, also Graigue Hill an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cnoc na gCloch [OSI], 'hill of the stones') Tipperary/ Waterford County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Medium grained pink-purple sandstone Bedrock

Height: 662.7m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: S03971 10479
Place visited by 682 members. Recently by: Miriamowens, andodenis, Jimmel357, ryanguinness10, lukem07, austrianindublin, StephenM07, StJohn, hawklord, Josephineobrien, rosduke, sineadh, jeb, patman1974, JohnHoare
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Longitude: -7.942597, Latitude: 52.246504 , Easting: 203971, Northing: 110479 Prominence: 117.72m, Isolation: 2.1km
ITM: 603919 610532, GPS IDs, 6 char: SgrlHl, 10 char: SgrlfHil
Bedrock type: Medium grained pink-purple sandstone, (Knockmealdown Sandstone Formation)

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 176th highest place in Ireland. Sugarloaf Hill is the most northerly summit in the Knockmealdown Mountains area.
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Steep sided hill over looking The Vee and with wi .. by group (Show all for Sugarloaf Hill (Cnoc na gCloch))

Parked at the car park marked at The Gap, and hea .. by csd (Show all for Sugarloaf Hill (Cnoc na gCloch))

2 weeks of sunshine, 1 day of cloud! .. by paulocon (Show all for Sugarloaf Hill (Cnoc na gCloch))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Sugarloaf Hill (<i>Cnoc na gCloch</i>) in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland

Picture: View from the summit cairn with Slievenamon in the distance

2nd time lucky

by paulocon 28 Sep 2011

2nd time on Sugarloaf and got the views this time! Climbed on 14/09/2011 as the third top of a short Horseshoe walk on the Knockmealdowns. Crossed from Knockmoylan along superb walking ground. Superb views of the Golden Vale and the Galtees from the summit cairn. Descent down to the Gap is over some very steep and eroded ground so care is required. Done a write-up which is at: http://climbingirelandsmountains.blogspot.com/2011/09/evening-in-knocmealdowns.html should anyone be interested. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/170/comment/6538/

Looking back on the Sugarloaf along by the county .. by jackill (Show all for Sugarloaf Hill (Cnoc na gCloch))

Coming from from the west .. by wicklore (Show all for Sugarloaf Hill (Cnoc na gCloch))

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