Ca na Catanach

Ca na Catanach
The ruined house of Cnoc-glas lies next to the Ca na Catanach
Length	35 km (22 mi)
Location	Scotland
Trailheads	Dorrery Lodge Achentoul
Use	Hiking

Ca na Catanach (translation: "Sutherland Men's Path") is a road and footpath between Sutherland and Caithness in the northeastern Scottish Highlands.^[1] Noted as a medieval drovers' road by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland,^[2] it is also a 35 km (22 mi) Heritage Path.^[3] Its start point is at Dorrery Lodge and it ends just north of Achentoul. The 14 km (8.7 mi) section from Thurso to Kinbrace is a rough walking path.^[4] A 19th century estate road overlies Ca na Catanach.^[5]

References

↑ "Resources on Old Scottish Roads". Old Roads of Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Ca-na-catanach". Scotlands Places. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Ca na Catanach". Heritage Paths. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Countryside Ranger Events April 2010-March 2011" (PDF). hi-arts.co.uk. East Caithness guided walks. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Ca-na-Catanach Track". Retrieved 23 October 2010.

Footpaths in Scotland

Highlands and northern Scotland	Ca na Catanach Clachlet Traverse Cape Wrath Trail Cateran Trail Coast to Coast Cowal Way East Highland Way Great Glen Way Gordon Way Moray Way Rob Roy Way Scottish National Trail Speyside Way West Highland Way

Southern Uplands	Annandale Way Borders Abbeys Way Clyde walkway John Buchan Way Southern Upland Way

Coastal paths	Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Fife Coastal Path John Muir Way Moray Coast trail Scottish Coastal Way

Trans-border (partly in England)	Central Scottish Way Northumberland Coast Path North Sea Trail Pennine Way Roman Heritage Way St Cuthbert's Way

Canal towpaths, rail trails etc	Caledonian Canal Crinan Canal Dava Way Deeside Way Devon Way Dingwall Canal Drovers' road Formartine and Buchan Way Forth and Clyde Canal (Pathway) Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal Hillend Loch Railway Path Monkland Canal Old military roads of Scotland Penicuik–Dalkeith Walkway Stevenston Canal Strathkelvin Railway Path Union Canal Water of Leith Walkway

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