The tower was probably built at the time of the Punic Wars, although it continued in use during the Roman period before its destruction in the 3rd century AD.

Six round towers survive in various degrees of preservation on the main island of Malta.

[2] Finds included two bronze buckets, a double-bladed axe head, a gold wire earring, and a carbonised bread roll buried following the burning of the building.

[1][4] Two coins were found: one was minted in Malta dated to 35 BC with the legend of Arruntanus Balbus, and the other was a coin of the 3rd century AD representing the Roman emperor Claudius II Gothicus.

[2] Trump dated the destruction of the tower towards the end of the 3rd century AD, and suggested an association with the invasion of the Heruli in 269.