Atalaya de la Porqueriza

Today: Atalaya de la Porqueriza, Tózar (Moclín)

Place: Qalʿat Banī Saʿīd (Alcalá la Real)
Kind: Tower
Built: 13th to 15th century
What remains: Standing

A cylindrical Naṣrid watchtower on a limestone rise beside the road from Tózar to Moclín, the northernmost point of the defences of the castle of Moclín. It stands tall enough to show the window in its upper third that served as the door to its room.

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