| WAT PA SAO |
Wat Pa Sao or the "Monastery of the Forest of the Pillars" is located west of the main
island, just north of Wat Kasatrathirat. It is surrounded by houses and concealed from
the main road. A large amount of garbage is scattered on site, and locals currently store
debris where the monastery was once located.
A medium-sized bell-shaped chedi remains on the site. It has been heavily eroded over
the years, and its 13-ring spire has since broken off. Most of the stucco has peeled off
the main chedi, but remains of a lotus blossom are clearly visible around the relic
chamber. Holes have been dug into the chedi by looters, and the ruin has been mostly
plundered. However, a small stack of headless Buddha images remains beside the
un-restored ruin. There are no surviving sermon halls, foundation, or boundary walls.
The history of Wat Pha Sao remains unclear, but the bell-shaped chedi was constructed
in a style popular during the middle Ayutthaya period. This site does not appear on
Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map of 1926 and is not mentioned until a Fine Arts
Department map of 1993.
island, just north of Wat Kasatrathirat. It is surrounded by houses and concealed from
the main road. A large amount of garbage is scattered on site, and locals currently store
debris where the monastery was once located.
A medium-sized bell-shaped chedi remains on the site. It has been heavily eroded over
the years, and its 13-ring spire has since broken off. Most of the stucco has peeled off
the main chedi, but remains of a lotus blossom are clearly visible around the relic
chamber. Holes have been dug into the chedi by looters, and the ruin has been mostly
plundered. However, a small stack of headless Buddha images remains beside the
un-restored ruin. There are no surviving sermon halls, foundation, or boundary walls.
The history of Wat Pha Sao remains unclear, but the bell-shaped chedi was constructed
in a style popular during the middle Ayutthaya period. This site does not appear on
Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map of 1926 and is not mentioned until a Fine Arts
Department map of 1993.
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| Text by Ken May - April 2009 Photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - July 2009 |
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