The Dargle, Powerscourt Waterfall, Bray Head, and the sugarloaf Mountains were all within rambling distance of Springfield.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Pike o' Stickle, also known as Steel Pike and sometimes as the sugarloaf, drops into Langdale from the north in one continuous slope, which for length and steepness has not many rivals in England.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
Beside the western wing of the house a green sugarloaf mound, reputed to be of Druidical origin, rose above the trees; it was accessible by a steep winding path, and crowned at the date of this story by a curious summer-house.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman