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The name of the municipality is due to several aspects: El Castillo, for the fortress of which there are still remains on the hill overlooking the village and Las Guardas, a military service that was provided as a surveillance of the surrounding lands to control enemy incursions.

In the municipality, numerous dolmen graves have been found in the Cerro de San Antonio Abad, such as the Sepultura del Moro, a megalithic burial site of great sepulchral wealth, located on a private estate in the municipality near the village of Las Cañadillas.

The numerous coins from the time of Trajan prove the notable Roman presence in El Castillo de las Guardas, whose geographical position linked it to the great routes designed for the transport of metallurgical and livestock wealth, which had in the Silver Route, the main route of connection with the peninsular territory.

Under the Muslim name, El Castillo de las Guardas gained a certain prestige due to its strategic location and the military fortifications it defended. It had a mosque, a cemetery and military and administrative buildings of the highest level for its time. It was known as Al-Muniat, until the conquest of these territories by Ferdinand III, introducing Christianity into them.