Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An yi amfani da wurin shakatawa sau da yawa a matsayin wuri don manyan al'amuran jama'a, gami da Nunin Empire na 1938, da
1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ziyarar 1982 zuwa Scotland ta Paparoma John Paul II, da kuma watan Satumba na 2010 na Paparoma Benedict XVI. Har ila yau, an dauki bakuncin gasar Scottish Pipe Band da yawa, ziyarar Billy Graham mai wa'azin bishara a ƙarshen 1980s, waƙar Coldplay a 2005, da waƙar Snow Patrol a 2010.