This fortification was located in the Murcian district of Zarandona, about two and a half kilometres from the urban centre of the city. It was therefore in the middle of the “Huerta”, in a strategic place where the Old Monteagudo Trail crosses the Azarbe Mayor del Norte.

Its location, nestled in an eminently plain area, made this tower a relevant defense point for Murcian horticultural spaces.The few remains of the tower can be reached by the aforementioned Old Trail, heading north and shortly before crossing the Azarbe Mayor. A little further on there is a detour that reaches the mill, now abandoned, which gave this fortress its name.

The Batán MillTower was a fortress of Muslim origin that the archaeologist Manzano Martínez dated around the 12th and 13th centuries.Converted until a few decades ago into a warehouse for tools and preserved in a relatively good condition, the building was completely demolished, and today the remains of its walls are barely visible.

Batán Mill is listed as a Site of Cultural Interest by the Second Additional Provision of Law 16/1985, of June 25, on Spanish Historical Heritage.

Architecture
The foundation of the old Islamic tower was inscribed in a square of about 12 metres on each side.

Despite the fact that prior to its destruction it conserved some elevations of around seven metres high and they were very transformed, today its walls barely reach one and a half metres on the east and west sides, the north and south being almost imperceivable.

Manzano Martínez already wrote about its interior, stating that theinexistent remains made it impossible to explain the distribution.

The few centimetres of wall that survived the looting indicate that they were about 80 centimetres thick, and were built with excellent quality lime mortar. A single formwork remains, which reveals a height that approached 90 centimetres.