Primrose Hill Park is a public park in the

Hillfields Hillfields is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It is situated north of Coventry city centre, and has undergone a series of name changes throughout its history originally called "Harnall" and has seen itself change from a v ...

district of

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

Giant's Grave

The Giant's Grave was a prehistoric

burial mound Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

which was about eight feet high. It had trees growing on it until houses were built nearby around 1910. The trees were then felled and the mound was buried under soil to form part of the back gardens of the housing.

Second World War

During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

was industrial and so the target of German air raids. Trenches and shelters were dug in the park to protect the local populace.

References

External links

Primrose Hill Park
– Parks and open spaces of Coventry City Council Parks in Coventry {{park-stub