It is a little-known monument, now in ruins, used for the protection of the people of the village and surrounding area from attacks by north African pirates.

[1][2] The walls were strengthened and remodeled during the 16th century, under King Sebastian of Portugal, who controversially resulted in the dis-figuration of the Muslim castle.

[1][2] In 1573, when the monarch passed through the locality, he was determined to improve the redoubt, whose strategic importance continued during this epoch: it was seen as a bastion to maritime attacks and guarded areas that could be used as eventual disembarkation points.

[1] Another segment of the wall is addorsed to the northwest corner of a courtyard of a two-story residential building, while to the southeast, in the local market, there are wedges of masonry painted yellow and clinched into the eaves and gabled roof.

[1] The castle continues to wait for formal archaeological investigations within the village in order to determine the extent of artefacts and vestiges of this structure.