[1] In 1880 a windmill was built on this site by millwright Oege Plantinga of Wânswert.

The Grutte Mûne was built to replace it by millwright Gerben van Wieren of Jannum.

The spurwheel needed to drive the second screw was removed around 1986 and later reused in gristmill De Vlijt.

[3] In 1977 it was sold to Stichting De Fryske Mole (English: Frisian Mills Foundation).

The four Patent sails have a span of 22.54 metres (73 ft 11 in) and are carried in a cast-iron windshaft,[2] which was cast by Prins van Oranje, The Hague in 1879.