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

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "MHG835 - Drove Road, Ca-na-Catanach". Highland Historic Environment Record. The Highland Council. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. 1 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.

58°28′10″N 3°36′54″W / 58.469455°N 3.61489°W / 58.469455; -3.61489 (Ca na Catanach)

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