Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales
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| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Area | Black Mountains |
| Translation | (none) |
| Elevation | 596 m (1955 ft) |
| Relative height | 413 m |
| OS grid reference | SO272187 |
| OS Landranger map(s) | 161 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Sugar Loaf Mountain, usually called simply Sugar Loaf (Welsh: Mynydd Pen-Y-Fal or Y Fâl), is a mountain situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. One of the Black Mountains, its height is 596 metres. 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.
Sugar Loaf Mountain is very popular with walkers. A vineyard, producing Sugar Loaf wines, is situated at Dunmar Farm at the foot of the mountain.
Categories: Marilyns of Wales | Monmouthshire | Mountains and hills of south Wales