Terrain
General Condition
Wat Si Mongkhon Thammaram It is located in the municipality of Wiang Kuk Subdistrict. which is the area of the ancient city of Wiang Kuk in the past The nature of the area is a mound on the plains along the banks of the Mekong River caused by the deposition of sediments. The north side of Wiang Khuk is adjacent to Huai Khuk and the Mekong River in the river bank. (Huai Kuk flows through the city's north side, runs parallel to the Mekong River before crossing south at the western side of the city). The surrounding area is agricultural and farming area (except for the north side adjacent to the Mekong River).
Wat Si Mongkhon is located at the northern end of the city. Currently, it is almost adjacent to Huai Khuk and the Mekong River. Away from Huai Kuk, just a barrier road. (50 meters south of Huai Kok, 300 meters south of the Mekong River), while the east, west and south are densely populated houses.
Height above mean sea level
179 metersWaterway
Mekong River, Klong Cook
Geological conditions
Mekong River sediment deposition during the Holocene period
Archaeological Era
historical eraera/culture
Dvaravati period, Rattanakosin period, Khmer period, Lan Xang periodArchaeological age
Buddhist century 12-16 onwardsTypes of archaeological sites
religious placearchaeological essence
Wat Si Mongkhon Thammaram It is now a Rat temple. Affiliated with Maha Nikaya The history of the temple indicates that it was built in 1922 and was granted Wisung Khamsima in 2002.
Wat Si Mongkhon Thammaram It is located in the municipality of Wiang Kuk Subdistrict. which is the area of the ancient city of Wiang Kuk in the past The nature of the area is a mound on the plains along the banks of the Mekong River caused by the deposition of sediments. The north side of Wiang Khuk is adjacent to Huai Khuk and the Mekong River in the river bank. (Huai Kuk flows through the city's north side, runs parallel to the Mekong River before crossing south at the western side of the city). The surrounding area is agricultural and farming area (except for the north side adjacent to the Mekong River).
According to the history of discovery and study, said The area within the temple is probably the site of one of the ancient sites of the ancient city of Wiang Kuk. because the top 8 stone semaphores were found in the middle and late Dvaravati periods Surveyors assumed to be of a contemporary age with Sai Phong in Laos and Wiang Khuk. After that, it was abandoned for a while when the Khmer culture deteriorated in the upper Mekong Basin. Before Lan Xang culture took its place In which the survey at that time, the temple had filled the ground and poured cement to make the base of the chapel until it was over the sema. Only the top of the stone parapet was left slightly above the ground.
However, a September 2014 survey found about 10 large and small stone parapet fragments clustered at the back or west side of the chapel. which is a newly built chapel The area in front of the monastery There are trees covered.
from interviews with villagers in the area get more information that In the past, there were parapets and stone pillars surrounding the chapel. including at the back of the chapel next to the western temple wall But I don't know exactly where those parapets and stone pillars go.