Ancient monument number 5, Mueang Sema

Terrain

General Condition

Located in the inner city of Sema About 170 meters from the Crow Pond to the east, the condition before the excavation was covered with forests. There are traces of digging for treasure. The present condition has been excavated, restored and landscape improvement by the Fine Arts Department, in good condition.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Lam Ta Khong, Mun River, tributaries such as Huai Phai.

Geological conditions

[See Muang Sema]

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Archaeological Site No. 5, Mueang Sema, has a rectangular plan, size 6.12 x 6.40 meters, leaving only the base made of bricks about 1 meter high, probably a round chedi. Since most of the remains of the chedi in Dvaravati culture have a square plan (Sakchai Saising 2004 :110), it is assumed that they were built around the 12th-15th Buddhist century.

Construction Techniques The bricks used for construction are large bricks with rice husks mixed with rice husks. It is a brick used in Dvaravati culture. It was stacked without mortar by forming a square wall about 70 cm thick, surrounding a sand filled core and small purple stones.

The map of the ancient monument No. 5, Muang Sema, can be compared with the ancient site of Khu Bua. Ratchaburi and archaeological site number 11 at the ancient city of U-Thong Suphanburi Province