For some odd reason I thought that this was going to turn out to be a wedge tomb. I don't know where I'd read that, but it's wrong - it was definitely a portal tomb.
All that remains now is a solitary 3m+ tall portal stone and a massive capstone, which lies on the ground behind it. From the scale and shape of the capstone this could well have resembled the portal tomb at Aghnaskeagh (County Louth). Similarly the nearby wedge tomb, also in Lurgankeel (County Louth) townland we find a portal & wedge tomb pairing, as can be seen at Proleek.
The landscape here is very interesting. To the north is Slieve Gullion standing very proud. To the east (probably the direction the tomb faced) is a low hill just half a mile away. Beyond this is Carlingford Mounatin and Black Mountain. A dip in the profile of Balck Mountain seems to rest upon the ridge of the nearby hill. A very carefully chosen site location it would seem.
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