| WAT SRA SI LIAM (วัดสระสี่เหลี่ยม) |
Wat Sra Si Liam or the "Monastery of the Square Pond" was located off the city
island in the southern area of Ayutthaya in Samphao Lom Sub-district.
The monastery stood west of Khlong Khu Cham and south of the Chao Phraya River
below Wat Phutthai Sawan and Wat Tha Rap; west of Wat Noina.
The site is only mentioned on a Fine Arts Department (FAD) map drafted in 1974. A
visit made to the area with a request to locals to indicate the site, resulted in finding brick
work and pottery shards in Geo Coord: 14°20' 9.42" N, 100° 33' 39.04" E.
In situ is a brick mound covered with vegetation. In close vicinity of the mound stands a
Ficus Religiosa (Bodhi tree) with brickwork nestled in its roots. The site is quite large.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
A 2005 FAD GIS map positions the site in Geo Coord: 14°20' 16.94" N, 100° 33'
38.59" E. The two locations are about 250 meters from each other. This issue needs
further research.
island in the southern area of Ayutthaya in Samphao Lom Sub-district.
The monastery stood west of Khlong Khu Cham and south of the Chao Phraya River
below Wat Phutthai Sawan and Wat Tha Rap; west of Wat Noina.
The site is only mentioned on a Fine Arts Department (FAD) map drafted in 1974. A
visit made to the area with a request to locals to indicate the site, resulted in finding brick
work and pottery shards in Geo Coord: 14°20' 9.42" N, 100° 33' 39.04" E.
In situ is a brick mound covered with vegetation. In close vicinity of the mound stands a
Ficus Religiosa (Bodhi tree) with brickwork nestled in its roots. The site is quite large.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
A 2005 FAD GIS map positions the site in Geo Coord: 14°20' 16.94" N, 100° 33'
38.59" E. The two locations are about 250 meters from each other. This issue needs
further research.
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| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - May 2009 Reviewed April 2012 |
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| (Former site of Wat Sra Si Liam) |
| (Brickwork entangled in a tree) |
| (Brickwork entangled in a tree) |
| (Extract of a 1974 Fine Arts Department map - Courtesy Dr. Surat Lertlum, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy) |
| (Extract of a 2005 GIS Fine Arts Department map) |
