| WAT CHUMPHON 1 (วัดชุมพล) |
| Wat Chumphon or the "Monastery of the Concentration of Troops" is still in use by the Buddhist clergy. In situ are the ruins of a chedi and old ubosot (ordination hall) within a modern temple complex. The monastery is located off the city island in the northwestern area at Wat Tum Sub-district, east of road No 309. Historical data about the monastery and its construction is unknown, but the name of the monastery let presume that once this was a place to concentrate troops prior to go into battle. In the temple lies under a tin roof a skull of an elephant, found at the location, being probably a witness of earlier war preparations in this area. Monasteries bearing the same name were found in the north (Wat Chumphon 2 - Suan Phrik area), southeast (Wat Chumphon 3 - Suan Phlu area) and south (Wat Chumphon 4 - Pak Kran area). Wat Chumphon is located in geographical coordinates: 14° 23' 48.61" N, 100° 32' 0.17" E. |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
| Text, maps & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - May 2009 Updated April 2014 |
| (Old ordination hall) |
| (Elephant skull) |
| (Chedi in ruin) |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
| (Old ordination hall) |
| (Detail of a 2007 Fine Arts Department GIS map - Courtesy of the Fine Arts Department - 3th Region) |
