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 | |
| Length | 22 miles (35 km) |
| Location | Scotland |
| Trailheads | Dorrery Lodge Achentoul |
| Use | Hiking |
References
edit- ^ a b "MHG835 - Drove Road, Ca-na-Catanach". Highland Historic Environment Record. The Highland Council. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Caithness OS Name Books, 1871-1873 Caithness volume 04 OS1/7/4/133". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ "Resources on Old Scottish Roads". Old Roads of Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "Ca na Catanach". Heritage Paths. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "Countryside Ranger Events April 2010-March 2011". hi-arts.co.uk. East Caithness guided walks. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "Ca-na-Catanach Track". Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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