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Maintenance agency

Hat Chao Mai National Park National Park Office Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Registration

Terrain

General Condition

Khao Bae, located at the southern tip of Hat Chao Mai, is a striking limestone mountain that resembles a prominent shark's fin. The top area has a height of about 100 meters. The paintings are on the cliff on the north facing side. It is about 3.5 meters above the current beach, away from Chao Mai beach in front of the beach at the park office. To the north about 150 meters

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Andaman Sea

Geological conditions

Khao Bae is a single limestone mountain. In the Ratchaburi rock group (The Fine Arts Department 2007)

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

The color painting is on the cliff on the north side of Khao Bae. Facing the sea, the appearance is a red painting, but most of them have a negative condition. It is clearly seen that there are 2 fish, head and tail fins, chopping board in solid color, body with internal outline drawing. decorated in stripes The other image is large. Paint the entire image solid red. Someone speculated that it was a big fish or a tiger?

The Fine Arts Department surveyed and found evidence of antiquities along the cliff, including stone antiques. which has no clear tool characteristics and terracotta antiques Four pottery vessels were found, namely, the mouth of 2 vessels, 0.6-0.9 cm thick, smooth outer surface, polished inside, open mouth edge, rough with gravel. Diameter 10 cm, 1 piece, another piece, polished surface both outside and inside. The edge of the mouth is rounded, coarse-grained, without gravel, and the body of the container is 2 pieces, 0.5 cm thick, coarse-grained with gravel. 2 black middle inserts, one plain surface Another piece is polished both outside and inside (Attasit Sukkham 2010).