Ca na Catanach
Historic road and footpath through the Scottish Highlands
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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 | |
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The ruined house of Cnoc-glas lies next to the Ca na Catanach | |
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| Length | 22 miles (35 km) |
| Location | Scotland |
| Trailheads | Dorrery Lodge Achentoul |
| Use | Hiking |
