Local residents in Torrox have denounced the lamentable state of the Roman ruins near El Faro with much of the site, including the old furnaces, covered in all types of rubbish.
The area is the site of the 3rd Century Roman settlement of Clavicum where the furnaces used to produce a sort of fish paste called garum.
An interpretation centre is supposed to be being built in the area, with the Junta de Andalucia funding 70% of the €624,000 cost, but little or nothing has happened with this project for a long time.