Terrain
General Condition
Prasat Muang Noi Tai is located on a mound where the community of Ban Muang Noi Tai is present today. It is located in the north of Chaiyaphum city. The mound is approximately 1.5x1 km in size, with a height of 3-5 meters from the surrounding agricultural area (rice fields). There are large mounds that often house communities scattered throughout the area.
Ban Muang Noi Tai has natural streams flowing through the east side, namely Lam Siew, Lam Kut Sawang and Lam Patao. The three rivers will flow together with the Chi River, about 1.6 kilometers to the southeast.
Height above mean sea level
220 metersWaterway
Lam Siew, Lam Kut Sawang, Lam Pa Thao, Chi River
Geological conditions
The geomorphology is salt rock in the Maha Sarakham rock category. (Mahasarakham Formation – KTms) Cretaceous period
Archaeological Era
historical eraera/culture
Khmer periodTypes of archaeological sites
religious placearchaeological essence
Ban Muang Noi Tai community should have settled since ancient times. at least in the Khmer period Due to various archaeological evidence found Today's things are scattered in community areas.
Archaeological evidence in Wat Sa Kaeo, identified as Prasat Muang Noi Tai, is It must have been a ruined castle. There is a location within the temple. Architectural components and antiques It is kept inside and outside the octagonal pavilion inside Wat Sa Kaeo.
The octagonal pavilion is a wooden pavilion. The walls are clear glass. and there is a doorway in the south Antiques and architectural elements surrounding the outer pavilion, such as a sandstone sculpture base, sandstone yoni, the top of the castle made of sandstone carved in the shape of a lotus or lotus flower, laterite blocks, pink and gray sandstones decorated in squares for used for building construction
As for antiques and architectural components that are located inside the pavilion, such as sandstone lintel pieces (Bapuan period?), private pieces of sandstone castles are carved with lotus petals, flowers, flora and fauna, including Kraon designs. Sandstone Lion Shard Sculptural fragments and sandstone idols of Khmer culture Clay pottery with a rope pattern and scratched in a curved line mixed with acupressure. Sandstone drilled into squares of various shapes. for auspicious The pillars on the walls of the Khmer castle are engraved with Norasing patterns, spitting garlands and peacocks, etc.
from various evidence It is assumed that Prasat Muang Noi Tai is a Khmer castle built with sandstone. (Mostly pink sandstone) and laterite (may be used as the base), but has now completely collapsed. various castle parts Therefore, it is kept inside Wat Sa Kaeo.