Wat Phaya Dam Subdistrict 6

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Phaya Dam is an abandoned temple. It is located in Si Satchanalai Historical Park. Sukhothai It is outside the city of Si Satchanalai to the southwest. Approximately 350 meters from the moat, 1.2 kilometers from the Yom River, about 150 meters east of Wat Sa Pathumma.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Yom River

Geological conditions

Geological features in Si Satchanalai District The condition is Shale, Olive or Gray to Dark Gray, found in large pieces from the area. In addition, it was found that limestone (Limestone) pale color, fine texture, inserted in the middle of Huai Mae San watershed as well.

The agronomic characteristics It is almost all residual soil. Because most of the area is a mountainous area with steep slopes. Therefore, this soil unit is classified as a slope complex. The resulting soil is a stationary soil with relatively good soil development. These soils have mixed forests. cover in general The humidity is quite high.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

When King Rama VII came to Si Satchanalai in 1907. His Majesty wrote a book "Noon Muang Phra Ruang" has an episode where he writes that “Here, there is a viharn shaped like Wat Si Chum Muang Sukhothai, rectangular shape, width 5 wa 3 cubits, length 6 wa 3 cubits and creeps, and it is different from Wat Si Chum that is divided into 2 rooms. Road) with a standing Buddha image, on the east side is Phra Mara Wichai. The door also has a facade attached. There is a rooster on the west side. and many pagodas There was a wall surrounding the courtyard. This temple is actually a small temple. but the gesture is a comfortable temple Most of the laterite was built at the foot of the hill near this temple. So it can be seen that it will not be flooded. Perhaps it is this temple that in the old city chronicles called Wat Mai Ngam, where King Naresuan's royal army was located. when he came up to defeat the rebellious Phraya Phichai Phraya Sawankalok I think like this because I see that It is a temple on the side of Phra Ruang Road on the way from Sukhothai. and look in the right landscape In addition, the Mahayana Triple Gem was also found. There is a Naga Prok Buddha image in the middle, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva on the right, Panya Baramee on the left.”

From the survey by the staff of Si Satchanalai Historical Park according to the ancient characteristics described by His Majesty King Mongkut According to the nature of the ancient site known today as "Wat Phaya Dam", the reason why it is called Wat Phaya Dam because there are criminals smuggling to find amulets and found a large number of black Phra Nang Phaya amulets Therefore, the people of that region called the temple Wat Phaya Dam.

General characteristics of Wat Phaya Dam It is a medium-sized group of ancient monuments. Contains

1.Mondop President laterite Plastering plaster for the whole back It is a square shaped mandap. The roof shaped like the hood of a boat was built by arranging laterite overlapping together. Made in the shape of a roof overlapping 2 floors, the mondop is located on a chopping board base in front of a rectangular board, 12.3 meters wide, 14.1 meters long. Next up is another chopping board base and then comes to the set of base pads. which lengthens the wooden bottom as the elemental house or the wall of the mondop The upper and middle part of the wall is decorated with 2 chicken breast wires. Inside the mondop is divided into 2 booths. The front enshrines a sitting Buddha image in the subduing Mara posture. which was almost completely destroyed The booth in the back enshrines 2 or 3 Buddha images, which are very damaged. In the middle is a standing or dancing Buddha image. The left wall does not clearly appear behind the base. The entrance doors to the booths on both sides are made of lotus petal-shaped arches. There is a sanctuary, a hall with a tiled roof, a room with a high platform at the front connected to the front of the mondop.

construction techniques The structure of the mandap is a load-bearing wall. Made of laterite, soil and cement. Generally made with an English Bond balcony, but not strictly. The roof is formed into a ridge overlapping each other. But the top of the roof uses wedge-shaped laterite laid in the same way as the arch construction. Size of laterite at the top of the roof It is longer than the general size. because it had to be extended and built with a head wrapped up Most of the decorations are using stucco molding. There are some laterite stirrups, but not neatly. And there was a piece of tile used to supplement the cornice wire. Can't find the picture of the which continued with the temple Therefore, it may only protrude the purlin into the wall.

2.Viharn in front, in line with the presiding mondop made of laterite plaster The roof is shingle. The plan of the temple is rectangular. In front of the porch 2 times, the back 1 time, outside the front base there is another room, there must be a roof covering this part as well. The base of the viharn is a lotus base located on a chopping board base, width 14.8 meters, length 28.8 meters. There is a Chukchi base in the last room. and the last secondary room, about 4.5x5 meters in size, the monk line is on the right wall, about 1.5 meters wide, the length is fixed along the wall. There are 4 stairs leading up to the sanctuary:the front at the part that will be abbreviated to be the second portico on both sides, and the left side at the last room that hasn't been shortened, and the right side at the abbreviated room.

3. Mondop Phra Attharot laterite Located on the right side of the chairman's mondop The bottom base of the Mondop is a square base of 6.7x7 meters, next to it is a square base in front of the board one step further and then comes a set of bases for the base of the mulberry wood. Then it was a set of chicken breast crystal beads base. which raises the wooden bottom to become a wall of a mondop or a house of elements But the upper part, including the roof, has completely collapsed. Inside the mondop booth, there are signs that it used to house a large standing Buddha image. which may have a height of 18 cubits known as Phra Attharot which is one of the popular in Sukhothai Buddhist art On the right side of the mandop is a laterite pedestal attached to the base of the mandop. may be a small amulet that was added later, including the altar which was made into laterite slabs placed on a small pillar in front of this facade too.

4.The four-way Buddha amulet located behind the temple In front of the reclining Buddha image, only the base was made of laterite and bricks. The shape is a base to support the amulet arch with 4 arches in each direction, each with signs that it connects to the central arch. which is made of bricks that look like a booth But the rest of the condition is so deteriorated that the shape is not clearly known. The size of the rear facade And the two sides are similar, approximately 3.7x3.2 meters, while the front facade measures 3.7x4.5 meters, and the front facade is made a recess. with low stairs and open a channel for people to enter inside The lotus base of the back body is more special than the other body, while the other body Plastering is simple, plain lotus petals, but the back body is decorated with stucco as lotus petals that are very delicate and beautiful. Between the amulet arches in each direction, except for the north and east arches, there is a round chedi base. Size:about 1.7- 2.1 meters in diameter, originally there would have been all 4 figures, but was destroyed. Surrounding the arch and pagoda There is laterite arranged in a rectangular frame. (But some have been destroyed) shows the emphasis or unity of these ancient monuments.

5. Reclining Buddha image It is located at the very back, next to the temple wall. made of laterite as a pedestal Located on a rectangular chopping board base, 2 floors, the lowest base is 7.5 meters wide, 14.7 meters long, with a groove around the construction of the overlap to cover the original platform inside. in the center of the front of the platform There are stairs to fight on the platform, 2 pairs of stairs, 3 steps each, 1.2 meters wide, on the platform with laterite floors. and build laterite to raise the floor into a rectangular platform 3 meta width, the length is not known for sure. The height of the pedestal is about 30 centimeters from the appearance of a building or viharn that enshrines a reclining Buddha image. because no evidence was found So I can't know if this building has walls or not. But of course, there must be a roof made of shingle. because it was found that there was a drill to insert a wooden pole on the building and found clay tiles while digging Around the altar or viharn of this reclining Buddha, there is laterite arranged about 1.6 meters away from the base, probably filling the floor as a walkway around the building but on the left side of the platform will protrude from other parts about 1 meter.

6. Chedi Rai laterite There are a total of 38 Buddha images scattered on the area within the wall behind the viharn. There are both small and large sizes. Most have a square base. Some of the altars were added later, only 2 were octagonal bases and 3 were round bases in a group of tetrahedron arches (amulets of 4 directions). All chedi were destroyed due to excavation. The ancient artifacts were destroyed, leaving only the base. There is only one body that has quite a lot of evidence left, which is the one behind the Attharot Mondop. which left the chopping board base in the shape of a square rehearsed in descending order with 3 tiers, the greenest base size of 4.05x4.05 meters, which, when looking at the characteristics of the base and environment, compared to the old charcoal image of Wat Phaya Dam in 1907, so he entered that this pagoda is a Pagoda over the bush of Khao Bin.

7.Sangkhawat District The area which is presumed to be the sangha area of ​​this temple is the area outside the wall to the south side of the viharn. which found 2 small buildings, the first building being the lotus base building Constructed of laterite, rectangular shape, size 4.6x5.6 meters, very damaged condition. where with the front of the building, each level down, there is laterite paved as the floor or the frame of the building is left in sight. There are 2 laterite columns located in line with the edge of the lotus base building. It is assumed that This building would probably have a roof made of shingle. There were walls made of wood or laterite. and made a roof covering a veranda that extends out to be a shed or a hall without walls The width of the base as it appears is approximately 7x7 meters straight forward, rounded in the same line, with laterite columns laid parallel to the 6 buildings, leaving a gap in line with the building, 1.3 meters wide as a doorway. The pillars that form the door frame were larger than the other two beside the stone slabs that used to be lintels behind the doors. The pillars that form the frame of the door have slits along the way to join the wooden door. Another feature of the columns around the door is on the left side of the building. But there will be a line of 5 smaller stalks as the wall to enter. The appearance of the doorposts indicates that the building is surrounded by walls.

There is also another building next to the southeast of the first. It looks like it is outside the plan of the wall frame that was originally made. and the base of the building would be shorter than the first building but it is also a lotus base building The plan of the building is rectangular, 4.25 meters wide, 6.85 meters long, probably the building used in the same way as a monk.

8.The pool in front of the temple It looks like a pond or pond, which was formed by excavating laterite for use.

9. Temple wall The remainder of the present is a laterite wall that uses square laterite sticks placed next to each other, with laterite lintels behind the wall embroidered in a long line framing the area from the end of the sanctuary. All the way behind the temple is a rectangular area frame. But the line from the end of the sanctuary to the left wall was missing. The wall on the left stretched out to a portion of the temple and was lost. As for the wall on the right, there is only the part that has turned into the end of the sanctuary. Looking at the rest of the walls, it can be assumed that there would be a rectangular wall framing the area of ​​the temple.