Little Sugar Loaf
Little Sugar Loaf rises to 342 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnny Fox's Memorial, a historic site 0.7 miles away.
The story
Little Sugar Loaf (Irish: Giolspar, meaning 'Giltspur') is a 342 metres (1,122 ft) hill in the far northeastern sector of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It does not have the elevation to rank on Arderin, Hewitt, or Vandeleur-Lynam scales, however, its prominence of 247 metres (810 ft) ranks it as a Marilyn. The Little Sugar Loaf is situated northeastwards from the Great Sugar Loaf, but separated by the N11 dual carriageway. The northern side of Little Sugar Loaf directly overlooks the town of Bray; the eastern side (see photo) looks across the R761 between Bray and Greystones to the western slope of Bray Head. Little Sugar Loaf has a distinctive profile of a rocky double summit. Like the Great Sugar Loaf, it consists of Cambrian Period quartzite bedrock. Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that the Irish name Giolspar is likely a translation of the English "gilt spur", based on a record of a 12th-century transaction by Diarmait Mac Murchada of land in the area which involved the payment of a pair of "gilt spurs" to him and his heirs on an annual basis.
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Wikidata Q3079108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 342.4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnny Fox's Memorial: 0.7 mi
- The Octagon: 1.9 mi
- Oldcourt Castle: 1.9 mi
- Kindlestown Castle: 2.0 mi
- Bray Cross: 2.1 mi
- Je suis l'Immaculée Conception: 0.9 mi
- Emer: 2.6 mi
- Winged Horses: 3.1 mi
- Winged Horses: 3.1 mi
- The Spitting Men: 3.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Angles: 1.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
- Victorian Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.2 mi
- Ballywaltrim Park: 1.3 mi
- Darcy's Field: 1.9 mi
- Sans Souci Wood: 2.2 mi
- Seafront Park: 2.4 mi
- Sea Front: 2.4 mi
- Kindlestown Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bray Head Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sugarlump: 1.6 mi
- Great Sugarloaf: 1.7 mi
- Carrigoona: 1.7 mi
- Kilruddery House and Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Powerscourt House: 3.2 mi
- Powerscourt Estate: 3.2 mi
- Glenroe Farm: 4.4 mi
- Victor's Way: 7.0 mi
- James Joyce Tower and Museum: 8.5 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 8.6 mi
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 8.7 mi
- Imaginosity: 8.8 mi
- Pearse Museum: 10.6 mi
- Bride's Well: 2.0 mi
- Source of Dargle River: 6.5 mi
- Saint James' Well: 6.9 mi
- Source of River Liffey: 7.3 mi
- Well of Gailline: 7.4 mi
- North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Naylor's Cove: 2.3 mi
- The Cove: 2.5 mi
- Bray Beach: 2.6 mi
- Greystones South Beach: 2.8 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 1.9 mi
- Bracket Slab: 1.9 mi
- Bracket Slab: 1.9 mi
- Pulpit Area: 1.9 mi
- The Shaft: 2.0 mi
- Ballyman Glen: 3.1 mi
- The Bog Meadow: 3.1 mi
- Knocksink Wood: 4.0 mi
- Barnaslingan Wood: 4.5 mi
- Carrigower Bog: 4.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Trooperstown Falls: 12.7 mi
- Jackson's Falls: 13.3 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Toni's: 14.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Little Sugar Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | W 275° | 757 m | 9.0 mi |
| Djouce | WSW 245° | 725.5 m | 5.7 mi |
| Seefingan | W 280° | 722.9 m | 10.9 mi |
| Duff Hill | WSW 251° | 720.78 m | 11.0 mi |
| Gravale | WSW 253° | 719.004 m | 10.1 mi |
| War Hill | WSW 253° | 684.8 m | 6.0 mi |
| Carrigvore | WSW 254° | 682.36 m | 9.0 mi |
| Seahan | WNW 288° | 647.3 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:51 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:58 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1418279177
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