Twomilestone

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Twomilestone, from 4,442 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres) to 107,473 m² (10.75 ha, 26.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Twomilestone in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Twomilestone in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Twomilestone.

Recorded monuments

• DG103-057001 Field system
  Description

  The area known as Two Mile Stone is an extensive limestone ridge running SW-NE, on the edge of the drumlin belt in SW Donegal. The northern edge of the ridge is precipitous with some terracing but the southern slopes are less steep and it is on these and along the summit that the complex of archaeological sites is situated. Along the whole length of the ridge are the remains of old field walls, .2m-.3m in height. A section excavated by O. Davies in 1942 consisted of closely-piled stones considered by him to be merely a foundation for banks of sods or earth. Many of the sites on the ridge are linked to, or associated with, the field system. In addition to the features described below there are many sites considered by Davies to be either pens or folds. They consist of either stonelined hollows c. 3m-12m in diameter, and c. 10-50cms in depth, or artificially levelled areas surrounded by low banks. (Davies 1942, 98-105). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 3 November 2014

• DG107-004001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, situated on the N crest of Twomilestone ridge. This enclosure was first recorded in 1981 by the Archaeological Survey of Donegal but was not included in their published survey. It is recorded as D-shaped area (12.46m N−S; 8.16m E−W) ‘formed by the digging out of a hollow c. 0.62m in depth, and lined with boulders' (av. dims. H 0.67m; Wth 0.36-0.46m) on the curving E half. The straight side of the enclosure at W is defined by a drystone field wall. The interior of the enclosure is uneven and slopes from E down to W, ‘with a rock step running N−S through it.’ The antiquity of the enclosure is uncertain; the possibility is noted that it might be associated with a ruined vernacular settlement located to NE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 July 2016

• DG107-004002 Standing stone
  Description

  This standing stone, known as the Two Mile Stone, is c. 2.5m high × c. 1.45 wide at base × c. 0.45m thick; NNE-SSW. It is surrounded by packing stones and there are some very small stones forming a paved area to the E. Situated on Two Mile Ridge. A roadway, bounded by two low, clay and stone banks, leads up to it. (no. 498, p. 88) The 'Two Mile Stone' is 2.25m in height, 1.45m NNE-SSW at base and 0.45m thick. It is situated on Two Mile Ridge beside a roadway. (no. 918, p. 154) The above descriptions was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG107-004003 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, located on the S-facing slope of Twomilestone ridge, just to N of the boundary of Twomilestone with Tullymore townland. This possible hut site was first recorded by Davies (1942, 99-100). He designated it ‘hut a’, and described it as a roughly rectangular hut which had ‘walls partly revetted with orthostatic slabs’ and ‘measured internally about 10 x 8 ft. [c. 3m x 2.5m]’. Inspected in 2015, the outline of a subrectangular area (c. 3-3.5m N−S; c. 2-2.5m E−W) is evident, defined by low, upright moss-covered stones which protrude 0.2-0.4m above the ground. It is incorporated into the NW side of a semi-circular field plot or small enclosure (c. 14m E−W; c. 10m N−S), largely obscured by scrub, which is defined on the curving side by a ruined, moss-covered field wall (Wth 1.6m; H 0.2-0.3m), and bordered on the straight S side by an extant field wall/property boundary coinciding with the townland boundary between Twomilestone and Tullymore. Another low ruined field wall extends from the N edge of the possible hut site on a sinuous course to N and NNW. These field boundaries are part of a relict field system (DG103-057001-) which traverses the ridge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 July 2016

• DG107-004004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal Diam. 22m. A subcircular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall surviving up to .5m in height. Part of the original facing survives along the E and S sections. There is a break in the wall to NW. The interior is level except for he collapsed stones. It is situated on pasture with rock outcrop on the N end of Two Mile Stone ridge. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 25 July 2016

• DG107-005 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on a relatively level area on the gently undulating top of Twomilestone ridge. The outline of this small enclosure is barely discernible. It consists of a subcircular area (diam. 10-12m) defined on its perimeter by levelled wall or bank which is visible as a slightly raised undulation (Wth 1.5-2m) marked by differential vegetation growth. It appears to be incorporated into a network of relict field boundaries (DG103-057001-) defining sub-rectangular fields. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 September 2016

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Twomilestone.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Twomilestone, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Twomilestone.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Twomilestone with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Twomilestone

Area

244,199 m² (24.42 ha, 60.34 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Cavangarden, the unit of the census

Census 2022

464 people lived in 153 households in the Cavangarden electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardpattan, Ballynaglogh, Cashel, Tullymore

Placenames

Twomilestone on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.