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Local Information for Hayle

Hayle is a small town in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is at the southern end of St Ives Bay, on the estuary of the Hayle River. Its name derives from the Cornish heyl, estuary.

The town of Hayle itself is quite a modern phenomon and dates back only as far as the 18th Century and the industrial revolution. That said, there is a long history of settlement around the Hayle Estuary which goes back at least as far as the Bronze Age. There is evidence of an Iron Age fort on the hill above Carnsew Pool where the Plantation now stands and it is thought that Hayle (or Heyl in Celtic), was important in trading tin with not only Irish and Breton traders, but also with Phoenicians from the eastern Mediterranean. Evidence of extensive trading include finds of imported pottery including Romano/Grecian Amphora - containers for wine and oil.

It also seems that while the Romans never fully conquered Cornwall they did it seems gain a foothold in the Hayle Estuary and it is thought tha...More