Black God Temple

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam is an abandoned ancient site. It is located in the northern wall of Wiang Kum Kam. The area of ​​the longan garden area of ​​the villagers The condition before the excavation looks like two large mounds, which the villagers call it. "Non Phra Chao Ong Dam" and "Nern Phaya Mangrai" after the excavation therefore separated into Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam and Wat Phaya Mangrai.

At present, Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam has a garden environment for villagers. 300 meters from the Ping River to the east, north of the ancient site of Wat That Khao. about 100 meters apart, 220 meters southeast of Wat Chedi Liam.

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 Phra Chao Ong Dam is an abandoned ancient site. The name of the temple comes from the villagers calling it. because a bronze Buddha image that was burnt to black was found.

The Fine Arts Department has excavated the archaeological site of Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam in 1989 (Department of Fine Arts 2005:88 – 89).

The archaeological site of Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam consists of a chedi, a viharn and 3 bases.

Architectural features

1. Vihara is a hall viharn, currently only appearing at the base of the wooden breast of glass beads. in rectangular base Lift the front 2 parts, 1 part in the back. The back room has traces of the Chukchi base. There is a staircase in front of the temple. wooden roof structure Thatched with clay tiles

2. The chedi appears only the base of the lower cutting board is left in the 2-tier square plan, supporting the floor in front of the kiosk board. which from the stucco patterns found, presumably This pagoda is probably a bell-top castle-shaped chedi.

3. The 1st building faces north just like a viharn. There is a rectangular plan. There are stairs at the front and back.

4. The second building is a hall hall, planned in the east-west direction with a rectangular plan. There are stairs in the front. and a walkway connecting to the 1st building and the 3rd building base.

5. The third building consists of 2 halls connected to each other. one facing east To the west one more. These two temples may not have been built at the same time. It is assumed that the second hall temple should have been built first. and then build the first temple hall connected later Because the connection between the two temples is not proportional.

Artifacts found

Antiques found in the excavation in 1989, which are artifacts found from Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam together with Wat Phaya Mangrai, include a bronze Buddha image in the Lanna style of the 20th - 21st centuries, a bronze Buddha image of a Naga prok with bronze art. Lop Buri The stucco Buddha image and the three-hom terracotta print have been continually made since the Haripunchai period.

In addition, many stucco-patterned fragments were also found at the base of the chedi and viharn. It consists of a pattern that is used to decorate the arch. Kranok pattern at the end of the facade Flora pattern Sculptures depicting dwarfs and lions, etc.

Most of the stucco patterns It is similar to the stucco pattern at Wat Phaya Mangrai and the pattern used to decorate Wat Photharam Maha Viharn (Wat Chet Yod), which determines the age in the early 21st Buddhist century.

As for other types of antiques, such as lotus-pak bell fragments gilded perforated metal sheet for decorating the pagoda lonely stair railing Pieces of earthenware from the San Kamphaeng kiln source. Wiang Kalong furnace source and Chinese wares during the Ming Dynasty (1911 – 2187)

Determination of age

Ancient group of Wat Phra Chao Ong Dam It is a group of ancient sites that overlap many times. from the analysis of architectural styles and antiques found together It can be said that it should have been built in the late 20th Buddhist century to the early 21st Buddhist century.