Ronan McHugh
Profile
Ronan graduated from Queens University Belfast in November 2003 with a MSc. in Environmental Archaeology (Distinction) and has been working for the CAF since graduation. As the CAF Principal Surveyor, he is responsible for the management, undertaking and processing of all of the unit’s topographical and geophysical surveys, and he has overseen recent surveys at Castle Hil, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Tullaghoge Fort, Co. Tyrone and Inishloughlin Fort, Co. Antrim. Ronan also has responsibility for the development of the CAF’s survey capabilities and the training of staff members in the use of surveying equipment and techniques. Ronan is currently managing the publication of the Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh, in collaboration with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.
Ronan is also an experienced archaeological excavator who has directed excavations throughout Northern Ireland. His areas of interest include prehistoric landscapes and medieval battlefield sites and he has delivered lectures on the prehistoric landscape of the Topped Mountain Region, Co Fermanagh to both the Ulster Archaeological Society in 2008 and the Prehistoric Society in 2004.
Selected Publications & Reports
Chapters in Books
McHugh, R., Murphy, E. and Hartwell, B. 2004 'A Landscape Analysis of the Topped Mountain Region, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland' p. 304-322, in Gibson, A. and Sheridan, A. (eds) From Sickles to Circles: Britain and Ireland at the Time of Stonehenge. Oxbox Books, Oxford.
Journal Articles
Donnelly, C.J., Murray, E.V. and McHugh, R. 2008. ‘Dungannon Castle: Its History, Architecture and Archaeology’, Duiche Neill: Journal of the O Neill Country Historical Society17, 11-24.
Trick, S., Donnelly, C., and McHugh, R. 2007. ‘A Geophysical Survey at Tullaghoge Fort’, The Bell: Journal of the Stewartstown and District Local History Society 11, 16-27.
McHugh, R. 2004. Excavations at Malachy’s Wall, Bangor Abbey, Co. Down, Ulster J. Archaeol. 63, 65-75.
McHugh, R., Bell, J. and Macdonald, P. 2004. Excavations in the vicinity of St Jarlath’s Church, Clonfeacle, County Tyrone, Ulster J. Archaeol. 63, 52-64.
Logue, R., Donnelly, C. and McHugh, R. 2003. Excavations in the vicinity of St Tassach's Church, Raholp, County Down, Ulster J. Archaeol. 62, 116-120.
Internal Reports
McHugh, R. and Mussen, S. 2008. Geophysical Survey of Inishloughlin Fort, Co. Antrim. CAF Geophysical Report No. 16.
McHugh, R. and Mussen, S. 2008. Geophysical Survey of the North Field, Tullaghoge Fort, Co.Tyrone. CAF Geophysical Report No. 10.
McHugh, R. and Trick, S. 2007. Topographical and Geophysical Survey of Castle Hill, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. CAF Geophysical Report No. 11.
