This castle was built by the Suárez de Figueroa towards the end of the 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century. In the 19th century, after the laws abolishing lords and manors (señoríos and mayorazgos), it continued to belong for some years to the descendents of the Velasco-Rojas family. Afterwards it was successively bought and sold until 1945 when its new owners restored the property to be used as a home.Cuzcurrita, in the Middle Ages, was a fortress; the town was walled, in addition to a castle outside the town walls.Belonging to the district of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, it formed a part of the province of Burgos until the creation of the new province of Logroño (Royal Decree of 30 November 1833. A year later the province was divided into nine new judicial districts and was included in that of [Haro] (Royal Decree of 21 April 1834).