Castillo de Castriz, Medieval castle in Torredelcampo, Spain.

El Castil, also called Castriz or Castril, is an abandoned cortijo on a rocky promontory in the municipality of Torredelcampo, about 9 km from the town and 20 km from Jaén. The castle or tower of El Castil de la Peña was later occupied as a farmhouse, so it is heavily altered: fragments of rubble-stone walling are still visible, with the springings of square-plan towers attached to them. The original structure may survive intact within the walls of the surrounding rural houses; its date is unknown, probably the late 13th or early 14th century.

The site appears in the 1378 and 1410 surveys of municipal pastures ordered by the Council of Jaén, as identified by Professor Tomás Quesada. The 1410 text names its owner, Rodrigo Rodríguez de Anaya, a councillor of Jaén; in 1419 it passed to the cathedral chapter, which leased it throughout the 15th and part of the 16th century. The tower's construction date is unknown, probably late 13th or early 14th century.

The site is known as El Castil, El Castil de la Peña, Castriz or Castril, and the ruined farmhouses keep the name alive among locals. Professor Tomás Quesada linked it to the dehesa survey records of Jaén's council of 1378 and 1410. Enthusiasts of the paranormal have recorded psychophonic voices inside the abandoned cortijos.

The site lies on a rocky promontory about 9 km from Torredelcampo and 20 km from Jaén, within the Ruta arqueológica de los Torreones; the Castillo de la Muña is roughly 1.5 km away. All the cortijos of the hamlet are abandoned and in ruins, so expect rubble and no visitor facilities. The ruins fall under the 1949 declaration and Law 16/1985 on Spanish Historical Heritage.

The site is a ruined cortijo, not a standing fortress: all the hamlet's farmhouses are abandoned and in ruins. Amateur paranormal enthusiasts have recorded psychophonic sessions inside them, drawn by the stories of the people who lived here over centuries.