Scarfmoor Burn is a

burn A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ultraviolet radiation (like sunburn). Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding), solids, or fire. Burns occur mainl ...

(stream) in western

Whalsay Whalsay ( sco, Whalsa; non, Hvalsey or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. Geography Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland I ...

Shetland Islands Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the n ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

. The source of the stream is on the southeastern side of Setter Hill. It flows in a northeasterly then north direction. A right tributary flows into the

Loch of Houll Loch of Houll is a loch on Whalsay, one of the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located to the southeast of Brough and on the eastern side of Setter Hill. An eastern tributary of the Scarfmoor Burn passes into the western side of the loch. ...

. The stream continues north, passing the eastern side of the hamlet of

Tripwell Tripwell is a hamlet in western Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located to the south of the village of Brough, northeast of Marrister. Scarfmoor Burn passes on the eastern side of the settlement, pas ...

and an old mill, before curving and passing northwest, south of the village of Brough. It enters the sea, not far from

Brough Head Brough () may mean or refer to an ''area'', ''enclosure'', ''round tower'' or ''outer wall of a feudal castle''. Places England *Brough, Cumbria, a village in Cumbria ** Brough Castle * Brough-on-Noe, a hamlet in Derbyshire * Brough, East Riding ...

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Whalsay Rivers of Shetland {{Scotland-river-stub