Protecting the most significant archaeological features of the Maltese islands (72)

In the area at Fuq it-Tieqa, at a point where the cart-ruts make a sharp 90-degree turn, are located the remains of an ancient circular structure.

The structure is built of large irregular stones, part of which are scattered within its immediate surroundings. The exact nature and date of this feature is unknown, and archaeological investigations have not revealed any material useful for dating. Various traditions relate to this structure, the most popular being that it was a small house, dwejra in Maltese, from which the area got its name. Other suggestions include a Phoenician watch tower or a mediaeval chapel.

Mepa scheduled the ancient structure as a Class B national monument as per Government notice 37 dated January 18.