According to documentation, the title of Marchese di Xrob il-Għaġin was granted in 1776 to Claudio Muscati Xiberras. However, a tower and chapel were already built within his domain at Delimara. The chapel was built in 1740 by Eliżabetta Muscat Cassia Dorell, rebuilt in 1831 by her daughter Marchioness Angelica Moscati Cassia Dorell and restored in 1931 by Angelo Muscat Cassia Dorell.

The tower consists of three rooms at ground floor level used for residential purposes. The rooms consist of a high ceiling and are very well kept. The living area is part of the tower and has arched ceilings with kileb. The two storey L-shaped tower has a plain external appearance with the lower part having a slight batter (slope). There is a plain projecting string course between the ground and first floor. The first floor is crowned by a ‘dashed’ plain projecting cornice. It also has a number of small window openings and machicolations (gallarija tal-Misħun) or drop boxes for the throwing of projectiles or boiling liquid on besiegers.

St Paul’s Tower at Delimara was included in the Antiquities Protection List of 1932 and was scheduled by Mepa as a Grade 1 national monument as per Government Notice number 1082/09 in the Government Gazette dated December 22, 2009.

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