Great Sugar Loaf

This page is about the mountain in East Wicklow. For its smaller neighbour, see Little Sugar Loaf. For the similarly named mountain in West Wicklow, see Sugarloaf, West Wicklow. For other mountains of the same name, see Sugarloaf (mountain).

Great Sugar Loaf
Ó Cualann
The Great Sugar Loaf, from the west
Elevation	501 m (1,644 ft)
Listing	Marilyn
Location
Location	Wicklow, Ireland
Range	Wicklow Mountains
Coordinates	53°9′18″N 6°9′0″W
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56

Often simply known as the Sugar Loaf (Irish: Ó Cualann also Beannach Mhór), this mountain is located in the east of County Wicklow, in Ireland, south of Bray and to the north of the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve. It is also known as the Big Sugar Loaf, to distinguish it from the Little Sugar Loaf to the east on the other side of the N11 dual carriageway from Dublin to Wicklow.

Though only 501 metres (1,644 ft) high, its isolation from other hills, steep slopes and volcanic appearance makes it appear much taller than it is. Due to its height relative to the surrounding landscape the mountain qualifies as a Marilyn.

The Great Sugar Loaf is composed of Cambrian quartzite, in contrast to the rounded mountains to the west, which are made of Devonian granite. Popularly mistaken for a volcano, it is in fact an erosion-resistant metamorphosed sedimentary deposit from the deep sea.

See also

• List of mountains in Ireland

Gallery

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  Nearby Mountains from midway up Sugar Loaf.

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  The rocky , steep slopes of Sugar Loaf.

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  Great Sugar Loaf from a distance.

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  Little Sugar Loaf from the summit of Great Sugar Loaf.

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  Sunrise over The Great Sugar Loaf mountain as seen from Glencullen Co Dublin