The excited states of the 20 Ne nucleus from the ground state to Ex = 25 MeV were investigated with the 22 Ne(p,t) 20 Ne reaction at a beam energy of Ep = 60 MeV using the QDD magnetic spectrometer at iThemba LABS. Narrow, low-spin J π = 0 + , 1 − and 2 + states have been observed for the first time at high excitation energies in 20 Ne, namely at Ex = 17. 67, 18.84, 20.59, 21.16, 21.80 and 22.5 MeV. Shell-model and coupled reaction channel calculations were performed to determine the nature of the newly observed states. Candidates for T = 2 states are proposed at 3.86(5), 4.43(5) MeV and 5.07(5) MeV above the lowest 0 + , T = 2 state at Ex = 16.73 MeV. Two of these T = 2 candidates appear to result from core-excitations in the 0p-shell. The state at Ex = 22.5 MeV, which could not be interpreted by the shell-model calculations, is a tentative candidate for the 5-α cluster state.