It fell under the territory of the Roman settlement of Olisipo, which covered a large area from Lisbon to the south to Torres Vedras in the north.

Its founding resulted from the fertile lands and agricultural harvests in the area, influenced by the confluence of three watercourses that fed the Trancão River in the lowlands of Loures.

It was about 2 kilometres from the bridge of the road that connected Olisipo to Conímbriga, the large Roman settlement to the north, near present-day Coimbra.

[2] It is clear that the Roman buildings continued to be occupied in the Medieval era (from the appearance of clay pots and the reorientation of spaces within the compounds, including the construction of silos).

[3] On 12 October 2004 the process was opened by the vice-president of the IPPAR Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico), the national architectural heritage institute.

[3] It was followed on 26 January 2012 by a proposal to classify the structures by the DRCLVTejo as a Sítio de Interesse Público (Site of Public Interest) and included in its respective zone of special protection.