Ca na Catanach

Ca na Catanach (translation: "Sutherland Men's Path")[1] is a road and footpath between Sutherland and Caithness through the moorland in the northeastern Scottish Highlands.[2][3] Noted as a post-medieval drovers' road in the Highland Historic Environment Record,[1] it is also a 22-mile (35 km) Heritage Path.[4] Its start point is at Dorrery Lodge and it ends just north of Achentoul. The nine-mile (14 km) section from Thurso to Kinbrace is a rough walking path.[5] A 19th-century estate road overlies Ca na Catanach.[6] In the 1870s Ordnance Survey recorded that point the drove road crosses the historic county border is atop of an eminence known as Cnoc nan Goile, and the name Ca-na-Catanach only applies to the section between Dorrery and Cnoc nan Goile.[2]

Ca na Catanach
The ruined house of Cnoc-glas lies next to the
Ca na Catanach
Length22 miles (35 km)
LocationScotland
TrailheadsDorrery Lodge
Achentoul
UseHiking

References
  1. "MHG835 - Drove Road, Ca-na-Catanach". Highland Historic Environment Record. The Highland Council. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. "Caithness OS Name Books, 1871-1873 Caithness volume 04 OS1/7/4/133". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Ordnance Survey.
  3. "Resources on Old Scottish Roads". Old Roads of Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  4. "Ca na Catanach". Heritage Paths. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  5. "Countryside Ranger Events April 2010-March 2011". hi-arts.co.uk. East Caithness guided walks. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  6. "Ca-na-Catanach Track". Retrieved 23 October 2010.

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