Wat That Noi

Terrain

General Condition

Wat That Noi is an abandoned ancient site. in the west of Wat Chang Kham It is about 930 meters from the Ping River to the east. Before the excavation, there were 2 mounds of soil. Villagers came to build houses on the ancient site. and a large hole appears from the burglar's digging for antiquities.

At present, the ancient site is surrounded by community areas.

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 That Noi or Wat Noi an abandoned ancient site Condition before digging into a mound There appears to be a large hole from illegally digging for antiquities.

The Department of Fine Arts conducted an excavation study of the ancient site of Wat That Noi in 1985 (Department of Fine Arts 2005 :80). Found information of ancient monuments and antiquities as follows:

The archaeological site of Wat That Noi consists of a chedi, a viharn, a rectangular altar.

Architectural features

1. Vihara is a temple hall in a rectangular plan. Facing east, bricks, plastered with white plaster, 2 parts in front, 1 part in the back is a room enshrining the principal Buddha image. Found a stucco pattern adorning the castle facade at the base of Chukchi, such as Gu Jock Pok Temple.

Inside the viharn consists of 6 pairs of circular columns, the base of which is made of laterite. The bricks are stacked on top of each other. wooden roof structure thatched with clay tiles There is a staircase at the front and one small staircase on the west.

from the study Found a groove around the construction of the temple overlapping at least 1 time, in the last time, bricks were added to the side walls of the castle facade to be thicker. Build a small Chukchi base to the left of the castle facade and 1 altar.

2. Chedi, found only the base of the chopping board in the square plan. stacked on a large cutting board base (Plataksin base) from which many stucco sculptures were found, including images of angels, giants carrying nagas, swans, Kinnaree, and decorative patterns around the pagoda frame. therefore assumed that Chedi Wat That Noi is probably a castle-shaped chedi where each side of Ruen That has an arch for Buddha images. and the walls of the Ruenthat are decorated with stucco designs in the style of Wat Photharam Maha Viharn (Wat Chet Yot), Mueang District, Chiang Mai Province

Artifacts found

Ancient artifacts found include:Bronze Buddha image in subduing Mara, Lanna art, clay print (Phra Sipsong), stucco sculptures depicting angels, giant serpents, swans, Kinnaree, and flora motifs. In addition, antiques were found in the type of pottery made from the local Lanna furnace source.

Determination of age

from the evidence The age of the construction of Wat That Noi was established around the end of the 19th Buddhist century to the early 20th Buddhist century.