 In the 18th century Memibegović recounts that the river Bregava runs through Stolac with 180 waterwheels.The oldest known Vakufnama (deed of perpetual endowment) with details of mills was issued for a maintenance endowment dating from 1815, as a result of which the mills can be assumed to date from the early 19th century.They are built of rough-cut stone and are plain and unadorned.