Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kirkyard ya shiga cikin tarihin Covenanters. The Yarjejeniyar motsi ya fara ne da sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Kasa a Greyfriars Kirk a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu 1638. Bayan nasarar da aka yi wa mayakan kungiyar Covenanters a Bothwell Brig
a shekara ta 1679, wasu 'yan kungiyar Covenant 1200 aka daure su a wani fili da ke kudu da farfajiyar cocin. Lokacin da, a cikin karni na 18, an haɗa wani ɓangare na wannan filin a cikin gidan kabari na coci a matsayin kaburbura masu sutura yankin ya zama sananne da "Gidan Kurkuku na Alkawari".