| Dorrery | |
|---|---|
  Dorrery Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND073550 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Scotscalder |
| Postcode district | KW12 6 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Dorrery is a small hamlet lying to the east of Ben Dorrery in the district of Halkirk in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Ca na Catanach is a medieval road that stretches between Dorrery Lodge and Achentoul. [1]
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Ca na Catanach is a road and footpath between Sutherland and Caithness through the moorland in the northeastern Scottish Highlands. Noted as a post-medieval drovers' road in the Highland Historic Environment Record, it is also a 22-mile (35 km) Heritage Path. 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. A 19th-century estate road overlies Ca na Catanach. 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.
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