Ku Wat Noi

Terrain

General condition

Wat Noi archaeological site located under a big tree Inside the lawn in front of the Nan National Museum which used to be the property of the former ruler of Nan (Hor Kham) and Nan City Hall.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Nan River

Geological conditions

The sediments of the alluvial plains during the Holocene period. (Department of Mineral Resources 2007)

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Noi archaeological site is located under a large tree. Inside the lawn in front of the Nan National Museum which used to belong to the former ruler of Nan (Hor Kham) and Nan City Hall, the year the ancient site was built. But there is a legend that it was built by King Suriyaphong Pharitdet, the 63rd ruler of Nan, with the cause of its creation caused by King Suriyaphong Pharitdet, who has informed the monks about the number of temples in Nan. to King Chulalongkorn, Rama 5, but it appears that the number of temples is too many, so this little temple was built to complete the number that has been told to the King.

If according to the story It is enough to assume that it was built after a year. 1873 because of King Suriyaphong Pharitdet He had visited King Rama V only once in 1873.

The appearance of the ancient site is a small viharn (like a shrine) made of bricks and mortar. The size is 1.98 meters wide, 2.34 meters long, and 3.35 meters high. The viharn faces east. There is only one door in the front. The roof is gable and the high base is the base of the lotus-capped lotus. Lanna art form of Chang Nan artist

At present, inside the viharn enshrines a wooden Buddha image and a wooden amulet panel inside, in addition, there are many modern Buddha images enshrined inside.