[6] The name Ta' Cieda was given in the medieval ages by Christians of which origins is from the devotion to St Helen.

Excavation have suggested that the tower may have pre-historic origins but archaeologists believe that some rocks may have had adaptive reuse.

Indeed, historians hold that the Maltese archipelago in the third century was at the aim of Carthage and the Romans by invading the native Punic civilisation.

[5][14][12] It has been said that the tower "may have served as a centre point around which one of Malta's more important mediaeval settlements had developed out of late Roman economic activity in the area".

Some Punic and Roman building have been discovered to be reused in Malta during the Islamic caliphate, this could have possibly included the Ta' Cieda Tower.

On site of the tower there were burial ground dating to the Arab period but these stone slabs and other evident Islamic symbol on the islands were eradicated after the expulsion of the Muslims from the lands.

It is to note that back then, when the parish church was built, the San Gwann lands were all (or most of) part of Birkirkara.

[29][18][30] The remaining base of the Ta' Ċieda Tower today is in a dilapidated state and subject to further deterioration due to vandalism and the growth of vegetation.

[15] The tower has been on a list of protected antiques of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) since 1932 with amendments in 1935 and 1939, when the area used to be part of St.

[32] The San Gwann Local Council has successfully managed to schedule the tower as a national monument (together with other remains), by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA), but has failed in addressing its preservation.