 The gristmill was built in the early 11th century along the river Kleine Dommel , by monks of a Benedictine monastery in Sint @-@ Truiden , Belgium . In the 14th century the mill was owned by the lords and ladies of the heerlijkheid Cuijk and Mierlo , and was a banmolen ( nl ) , meaning peasants in the locality were obligated to use this mill to grind their wheat . 
