| WAT SONG KHON (วัดสองคน) |
Wat Song Khon or the "Monastery of the Two People" (?) can hardly be called a ruin
as only parts of the outer wall are remaining.
The monastery was located on the city island, south of Bueng Phra Ram, and north of Pa
Thon Rd, just opposite the Ayutthaya Witthayalai School. Wat Phong stood in the north,
Wat Saphan Nak in the south and Wat Traitrung in the west.
The monastery was located along Thanon Talaeng Kaeng, at present part of Pa Thon Rd
and a road leading to the Phra Kalahom Landing. The latter road was running parallel
with the Lam Khu Pak Sra canal.
The site is indicated on a map drafted in the mid-19th century and on Phraya Boran
Rachathanin's map of 1926.
The 19th century map depicts the defunct Khlong Thep Mi, west of the monastery, as
thus effectively sitting on its eastern bank; while Phraya Boran Rachathanin draws the
Thep Mi canal east of the temple. The oldest map indicates the existence of a chedi.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
(*) The monastery has been categorized as a restored ruin, because there still
exists some brickwork, restored by the Fine Arts Department.
.
as only parts of the outer wall are remaining.
The monastery was located on the city island, south of Bueng Phra Ram, and north of Pa
Thon Rd, just opposite the Ayutthaya Witthayalai School. Wat Phong stood in the north,
Wat Saphan Nak in the south and Wat Traitrung in the west.
The monastery was located along Thanon Talaeng Kaeng, at present part of Pa Thon Rd
and a road leading to the Phra Kalahom Landing. The latter road was running parallel
with the Lam Khu Pak Sra canal.
The site is indicated on a map drafted in the mid-19th century and on Phraya Boran
Rachathanin's map of 1926.
The 19th century map depicts the defunct Khlong Thep Mi, west of the monastery, as
thus effectively sitting on its eastern bank; while Phraya Boran Rachathanin draws the
Thep Mi canal east of the temple. The oldest map indicates the existence of a chedi.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
(*) The monastery has been categorized as a restored ruin, because there still
exists some brickwork, restored by the Fine Arts Department.
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| Text & photograph by Tricky Vandenberg - January 2009 Review & maps - January 2011 |
| (Extract of a mid-19th century map) |
| (Extract of a begin-20th century map) |