Tarout Castle

Tarout Castle (also recorded as Tarut Palace, Tarut Fort, Portuguese Fort) is an archaeological site sited on a hill known locally as Tall Tawt in the center of Tarout Island, southwest of Deira in the eastern part of Qatif Governorate. The hill on which the castle stands is estimated in cited sources to be about 5,000 years old. The castle structure is believed to date to the period of the Uyuni state and was later used as a Portuguese defensive point. The available sources focus on the site's archaeological and historical significance; they do not provide precise construction or renovation dates nor a detailed ownership timeline. The provided research extracts do not document any named supernatural entities, specific apparitions, or recorded paranormal incidents. Although the site is sometimes mentioned in broader contexts that reference local legend, the supplied sources (Wikipedia and Wikidata excerpts) do not report curses, hauntings, witness statements, or other paranormal phenomena, and therefore no such claims are recorded here. The site's condition and current visitor accessibility are not specified in the cited material.