According to some authors, the watchtower-towers in the Orcera and Segura de la Sierra area should be reconsidered and dated again as coming from the time of Carthaginian domination of the peninsula, between 237 and 202 BC, because they are cited in Tito Livio as Torres de Aníbal, being in one of them where one of the Scipio brothers died in the warrior skirmishes of 211 BC. This hypothesis must be taken into account and confronted by the specialists of Ancient History of Spain, but in no case can it seriously maintain that they are only from medieval, Islamic, Almohad or Christian times. Its origin, although in medieval times they were the object of partial restorations or reconstructions, it is possibly from the 3rd century BC, between the aforementioned years and on the occasion of the wars between Rome and Carthage for the possession of the peninsula.

This tower is a twin of the tower of Santa Catalina II, it seems to be a Muslim work from the end of the 12th century or the beginning of the 13th century and its function would be to watch over the intricate landscape of hills that surrounds them.

Its quadrangular plan measures about 5.30 by 4.20 meters on the sides, its height of about 14 meters, the thickness of its walls in the lower part is 1.19 meters, and the access hole is about 7 meters away. Tall. Its interior is organized into 4 floors separated by beams that supported on the baseboards resulting from the progressive narrowing of the walls.