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| KHLONG YAI |
| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - March 2014 |
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| Khlong Yai or the Large Canal was situated in the northern area of Ayutthaya in the Phukhao Thong fields and connected Wat Khok Phraya Ram via a stretch of the Bang Kaeo River to Hua Laem, the northwestern point of Ayutthaya's city island (1). The mouth of the today defunct canal stood opposite Khlong Wat Pom, a canal leading to Wat Worachet. Wat Phukhao Thong stood on its east bank and was on its turn connected to the same stretch of the Bang Kaeo River. Khlong Yai was probably part of the Maha Nak Canal, a canal system built out of defense purposes. Footnotes: (1) This stretch became in the mid-19th century the river bed for the Chao Phraya River, when the latter was deviated towards Ayutthaya. |
| (Detail of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map - Courtesy Khun Supot Prommanot, Director of the 3th Regional Office of Fine Arts) |
| (Khlong Yai on a municipal map) |