Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire Sugar Loaf, sometimes called The Sugar Loaf ( or ), is a mountain situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is the southernmost of the summit peaks of the Black Mountains, with a height of 1,955 feet (596 metres). The original Welsh name of the hill appears to have been Mynydd Pen-y-fâl. Translated into English, this name means 'mountain of the head/top of the peak/summit' from "mynydd", "pen" and "bâl". The name Sugar Loaf has been popularly applied to numerous hills which have a perceived resemblance to a sugarloaf; the nearest other such hill is the
Vantage loaf measure. For large orders of 12 loaves this would be a whole extra loaf. In years of good harvest the baker could be making more bread than could be sold from the shop. Extra bread was sold on to middle men or 'hucksters' who would sell it in the streets. Since the price of bread was fixed by law the huckster would make a profit by selling on the extra 13th loaf which was the vantage loaf. Vantage loaf A Vantage loaf (first recorded in 1612) is the thirteenth loaf of a baker's dozen. A loaf of bread which is