Wat Chom Cheun
Native Name | วัดชมชื่น, វត្តចោមជឿន |
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BA# | T64003 |
Size | Medium |
Condition | Intact |
Type | Temple |
Location | |
Commune | Si Satchanalai |
District | Si Satchanalai |
Province | Sukhothai |
Country | Thailand |
Coordinates | 17.42825, 99.80587 |
History | |
Founded | Late 12th - Early 13th Century |
Builder | Jayavarman VII |
Art Style | Bayon, Post Angkor S |
Material | Brick, Laterite |
Religion | Buddhist |
Year/s Restored | c. 2015 |
UNESCO Inscription | 1991 |
Wat Chom Cheun (วัดชมชื่น - Pronounced: Wot Jom Choo-ern)
Although previously not listed as a Khmer-period site recent archaeological digs by the Thai Fine Arts Department have confirmed that the Sukhothai-style brick wat seen today was certainly constructed on an existing - late 12th or early 13th-century - site. (As is the case with many Chaliang sites.)
The layout is similar to nearby Wat Noi Champi with a brick stupa preceded by a small brick mondop, in turn, preceded to the east by a now roofless hallway with brick columns. The ensemble is surrounded by a laterite wall which is plausibly the only intact Khmer-period element still visible.
The site has an attractive riverbank setting while the new, eponymously-named museum, is situated immediately next to it and displays numerous artefacts unearthed at the temple site.
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Nearby Sites
- Chaliang
- Chaliang Monument 32
- Sa Bua
- Si Satchanalai Community Museum
- Si Satchanalai South Monument 10
- Wat Chao Chan
- Wat Chom Cheun
- Wat Chom Cheun Archaeological Site Museum
- Wat Khok Singkharam
- Wat Lak Muang
- Wat Nang Phaya
- Wat Noi
- Wat Noi Champi
- Wat Pa Fack
- Wat Pa Khamin
- Wat Pa Krasa
- Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Sukhothai)
- Wat Suan Keow Utthayan Noi
- Wat Suan Keow Utthayan Yai
- Wat Thung Setti
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