Kumkamthi temple number 1

Terrain

General Condition

Kumkamthi Pram Temple No. 1 is an abandoned ancient site. It is located near the Kumkam Thi Pram Temple. It is in the southwest of Kumkamthi Pram Temple. Approximately 1.6 kilometers east of the Ping River, it was originally a mound of soil and was originally called Wat Ton Khoi because in the ancient site, there are densely grown Koi trees and bamboo clumps.

Kumkamthi Pram Temple No. 1 is also known as Wat Khoi Sam Ton Which is the new name of the Wiang Kum Kam Volunteer Training Group, Generation 1, Year 2002, was established at the observation point where 3 Koi trees grow in the temple area.

Currently, the area surrounding the ancient site is a garden and residential houses.

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

Kumkamthi Pram Temple No. 1 is an abandoned ancient site. does not appear in any historical document The name of the ancient site is what the Fine Arts Department called. to avoid confusion with the renaming of nearby ancient sites. Originally, the villagers called it Wat Ton Khoi because in the area of ​​the ancient site, there are densely grown Koi trees and bamboo clumps.

The Fine Arts Department excavated and studied Wat Kum Kam Thi Pram No. 1 in 2002 (The Fine Arts Department 2005 :56 - 57). Found information on ancient sites and antiques as follows:

The archaeological site of Wat Kum Kam Thi Pram No. 1 consists of a viharn, a pagoda, and a wall of glass.

Architectural features

1. Vihara is a temple hall in a rectangular plan. facing east Currently, only the base remains Decorated as a layer in front of the lotus board and the wooden belly, bricks, plastered with white plaster, only the gauge on the thick side, 1 part, the same as Viharn No. 2 of Wat Kum Kam Thi Pram. At the end of the viharn there is a Chukchi base. which found traces of construction overlapping 2 times, with the latter increasing the Chukchi base to be larger Inside the viharn there are 4 pairs of pillars, the floor of the viharn is paved with white bricks. There is a staircase in front of the temple. and north at the end of the building wooden roof structure Thatched with clay tiles, please

2. The pagoda appears as a low base. Consisting of the front layer of the board, the wire, the cornice and the plexiglass bottom. The middle part of the chedi is a Pattama base in a square plan, with white bricks and mortar. North to collapse This low base appearance is comparable to the Lanna chedi in the 19th century.

From the form it was assumed that this chedi was probably a castle-shaped chedi. Each side has an arch enshrining a Buddha image. because in the excavation of the base of the pagoda Found a stucco pattern of Naga and Kanok patterns. which should be used to decorate the end of the arch According to popular techniques in the late 20th Buddhist century to the early 21st Buddhist century

Between the viharn and the stupa, there is a white plastered brick line connecting the base of the viharn and the base of the stupa. Around the sanctuary and the pagoda are bricks. connected to the wall of the sanctuary at the front lift Then fill the soil inside. Therefore, it looks like a viharn and a chedi are located on the same base (Paithi base), which is a characteristic of the booth at the end of the viharn. (Gandhakudi)

It also appears along the glass wall and the Mekong arch on the north and east sides. The area between the Khong facade and the Viharn There is a brick paved pathway leading to the temple. as well as the plan of Ku Ai Lan Temple and Ku Rid Mai Temple. As for the Mekong arch, there is a slot for inserting a wooden frame. In the same way as the arch of Ku Pa Dom Temple

Artifacts found

Antiques found from excavation include stucco sculpture pieces. Found in large numbers around the pagoda, such as fragments of stucco Buddha images. stucco angel's head Naga body parts flora pattern and Kanok pattern

In addition, clay pots were found from the Lanna kiln source, including the San Kamphaeng kiln. Wiang Kalong furnace source Chinese porcelain painted in blue under the glaze. and other types of antiques such as gilded metal plates Metal tools, iron nails, earthen claws and deer horns, etc.

Define age

considering the style of architecture together with the analysis of antiquities The archaeological site of Wat Kum Kam Thi Pram No. 1 was probably built during the 20th - 23rd Buddhist centuries.