Prasat Non Ku
| Native Name | ปราสาทโนนกู่, ប្រាសាទណនគូ |
|---|---|
| Alternative name | Prasat Hin Non Khu, Prasat Hin Non Ku |
| BA# | T30085 |
| CISARK# | 987 |
| IK# | 450 |
| Size | Medium |
| Condition | Ruin |
| Type | Temple |
| Location | |
| Commune | Ko Rat |
| District | Sung Noen |
| Province | Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Country | Thailand |
| Coordinates | 14.90811, 101.83368 |
| History | |
| Founded | 10th Century (?) |
| Builder | (?) |
| Art Style | Koh Ker, Pre Rup |
| Material | Brick, Laterite, Sandstone |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Year/s Restored | Various |
Prasat Non Ku (ปราสาทโนนกู่ - Pronounced: Pra-saht Nawn Koo)
Partially intact and restored sanctuary situated 650m due south of the important temple Prasat Hin Muang Khaek and some 3.5 km west of the arogyasala Prasat Muang Kao. The design is somewhat unusual and features a brick tower on a high, steep, sandstone-clad double-level platform creating a mini-pyramid effect. Much of the shrine's brick walls are now gone leaving a sandstone door-frame perched high atop the structure. The shrine would originally have been accessed by four doorways and double flights of steps.
A pair of smaller buildings are located close to the foot of the main, eastern stairs - one of which opens to the west and the other to the east - and which represent either two 'libraries' or possibly a 'library' and a fire shrine. Both are also in brick on sandstone bases with all three structures presumably built upon laterite foundations. The buildings are enclosed within a wall containing east and west gopuras while sandstone blocks a short distance further east indicate a second gopura although no second enclosing wall is visible today.
Neither traces of a surrounding moat or baray are visible today although both are likely to have featured in the original plan. The site lacks decorative elements and once again was evidently unfinished. Nonetheless, the TFAD has assigned the temple a 10th-century date, which we assume is due to the overall layout as reliefs and artefacts are absent. (1) (A statue plinth is still housed in the main tower while certain artefacts are kept in the Mahawirawong National Museum.) A late 10th-century date is plausible but unconfirmed - unless the TFAD has information we're not aware of.
(1) Historian Michael Freeman [1] suggests a 7th-century date although, while certain artefacts unearthed there may conceivably date to that period, such high, sandstone platforms would be atypical.
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Nearby Sites
- Ban Kut Hin (Sung Noen)
- Baray Prasat Muang Kao
- Charuk Sung Noen
- Kaen Thau
- Muang Sema
- Muang Sema Monument 1
- Muang Sema Monument 7
- Prasat Ban Bu Yai
- Prasat Bot Ban Huai Wat
- Prasat Hin Muang Khaek
- Prasat Hin Sra Phleng
- Prasat Hua Sra
- Prasat Muang Kao
- Prasat Na Yai
- Prasat Non Ku
- Sra Phleng (Sung Noen)
- T30182
- Thale Nai
- Wat Ban Kaen Thao
- Wat Santi Kawat
- Wat Thammachak Semaram
- Wat Thanon Nadi Sirattana Wararam
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References
- ↑ Guide To Khmer Temples In Thailand And Laos