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Is the Sugar Loaf eroding?

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  • 13-08-2011 10:01pm
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    [Deleted User]
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    Just wondering as it seems to be losing it's shape.
    Any one else think so?


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    LEIN
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    Moved from Wicklow.


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    The Internet Explorer
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭The Internet Explorer


    Mmmmmmmm. Sugar Loaf


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    El Siglo
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    No, not that I can think of anyway. It's made up of Cambrian quartzite so it's pretty hard stuff that's fairly resistant to erosion.


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    Mycroft H
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    Quartz is the hardest of the common rock building minerals. It aint going anywhere fast


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    NotCarrotRidge
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    dojojoe wrote: »
    Just wondering as it seems to be losing it's shape.
    Any one else think so?

    It's eroding. Just not fast enough for it to be in any way noticeable.


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    St. Leibowitz
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    Childhood memories are of a Sugerloaf much whiter than it is now. I remember it as almost looking snowcapped. It seems to be much duller today. Often wondered was it to do with the amount of traffic up to the peak now. (Quads and trials bikes etc.)


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    slowburner
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    St. Leibowitz wrote: »
    Childhood memories are of a Sugerloaf much whiter than it is now. I remember it as almost looking snowcapped. It seems to be much duller today. Often wondered was it to do with the amount of traffic up to the peak now. (Quads and trials bikes etc.)
    Same with me.
    Could be that the (brief) spell of global warming allowed a degree of growth above the tree line. Could be that increased amounts of rainfall have allowed lichens and mosses to coat the quartzite. Could be the result of aerial pollutants from Dublin.
    Could be that our memories are tinged and it's the same colour as ever.


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