Pan Lao Temple

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Pan Lao is an archaeological site. Located on Tha Wang Tan Road The area outside the city of Wiang Kum Kam on the north About 900 meters east of the Ping River, the ancient site consists of 11 bases.

The current environment of Wat Pan Lao is surrounded by residential houses and it is assumed that there are still parts of the archaeological site within the surrounding people's dwellings.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Ping River

Geological conditions

It is a river basin area. was deposited with sand and gravel sediments. In the Holocene era

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Pan Lao is an archaeological site. The name of the archaeological site is speculated that the word "thousand" may refer to a military or noble rank. And it may be a temple that was patronized by a military officer or a noble named "Lao".

The Fine Arts Department has excavated and excavated the ancient monuments of Wat Pan Lao in 2002 (Department of Fine Arts 2005 :92) found 11 building bases, designated as archaeological sites number 1 – 11 with the following characteristics:

Archaeological sites number 1 – 2 are the base of the temple.

Archaeological site number 3 is a reversed L-shaped building, possibly a hall building. wooden roof structure Thatched with clay tiles, please

Archaeological site number 4 is the base of the building in a rectangular plan. forming a porch extending to the west Connected to the ancient monument number 3

Archaeological sites number 5, 6, 7 and 9 are connected to each other. It is assumed that it may be a brick wall. and may be covered or open.

Archaeological site number 8 is a pedestal enshrining a Buddha image.

Archaeological site number 10 is a vihara in a rectangular plan. There is a lift

Archaeological site number 11 is the base of the unidentified building.

from the study Found that the base of the archaeological site number 3-9 is located on the deposition layer of sand sediment. Such a group of buildings should have been built later. Archaeological sites No. 1, 2 and 10, the base of the building is low. It is probably an ancient site built in the early days.

Artifacts found

from the study Found important ancient artifacts, including Buddha head Lanna art in the 21st century, stucco sculptures in flora motifs, Kan Khod patterns, lonely stair heads Other types of antiques such as roof tiles were also found. Parts, parts, etc.

Determination of age

from a comparative study of the characteristics of art and architecture It was found that the appearance of a building had the same layout as the one at Kuai Si Temple. Which determines the age around the 21st Buddhist century, including a well found in the north, similar to the ancient group of Wat Hua Nong including evidence of antiquities Therefore, it is assumed that the ancient site of Wat Pan Lao should be built during the 21st - 22nd Buddhist century.