[1] The rustic villa confirms the presence of a thriving olive oil industry in this part of the Maltese islands.

At the end of the same ridge, the two valleys meet the sea at St. George's Bay, with the prehistoric site of Borġ in-Nadur situated on a hill.

In April 1881, a Permanent Archaeological Commission called for excavations at Ta' Kaċċatura and Mnajdra.

The land was purchased by the Maltese Government "for archaeological purposes," as listed in a contract dated December 12, 1881.

Ta' Kaċċatura is one of the earliest archaeological sites in Malta which was purchased by the authorities to ensure its preservation.

[3] The site was mostly untouched in the late 19th century, with investigations only resuming under the direction of Thomas Ashby and Temi Żammit in 1915.

[4] It appears to have been built in the early Roman period, however the remains of other buildings use the opus africanum technique, which is related to Phoenician and Punic structures found in Carthage and at Motya.

[5] The site, restored some years previously, also sustained considerable damage during the Second World War.

[7] In recent years, the cistern boundary wall became an ineffectual deterrent, as vandalism and the elements opened a large breach along its south-eastern face.

Ashby suggested that " ... the natural way of access to it [the villa] is on the south-east side, coming up the valley from the bay of Birżebbuġa.

[5] The area expropriated in 1881 lay contiguous to this lane, with the intention of creating public access to the site.

[9] In 2019, a project was announced to improve the physical and intellectual accessibility between Għar Dalam, Ta’ Kaċċatura, Borġ in-Nadur, and other nearby sites.