This place was occupied since the Iberian period, possibly between the 5th and the 1st centuries and before our era.
The castle is located four kilometers to the south of Oliva. It is located at the northeast end of la serra Mustalla and is situated on a 156 metres of altitude mountain. You can see the entire coastline from Gandia to Dénia and the northern part of La Safor from the east. Access is from the C-3318 through country roads. (Source: C.Pérez-Olagüe)
This place was occupied since the Iberian period, possibly between the 5th and the 1st centuries and before our era. The Iberian site would have two important areas of occupation.
The first one corresponds to the village, on which the Muslim structure was later built. Of this village, only a few segments of walls with the characteristics of this village remain, some of them dry-locked. The reason why the structure of the village is not complete is that the Muslim construction would later dismantle the walls and use the blocks as a foundation for the new construction.
Also there is the Iberian necropolis at the feet of the village, to the east of the castle, to the road of Pego to Oliva. The remains in this necropolis are quite important: numerous ceramic materials have been found, such as funeral decorated urns and some rests of metals like swords and different instruments.
A curious news written in 1495 explains how some treasure hunters found here a jar with gold coins from the Iberian period. The Muslim castle has been considered as a Jaumí (related with king Jaume I) castle or even more modern, since the typology of its construction suggests it. There are still ornamental features on the outside, outside the castle, where an Arabic inscription can be seen. Inside one of the rooms, there is an engraving on fresh lime of the arches that formed the door of this room.
The purpose of this castle would be solely military. The scarce Muslim pottery or the lack of Christian pottery shows us that this castle did not have much relevance. Historically, it could be linked to the castle of Denia on which it had to rely on.