WAT PHRA NON 1 (วัดพระนอน) |
Wat Phra Non or the Monastery of the Reclining Buddha was located off the city island in the southern area of Ayutthaya in Samphao Lom Sub-district. In situ is a brick mound. There were no traces of any brickwork. On the mound sits at present a small mushroom farm. Its historical background and period of construction are unknown. The monastery is only mentioned on a Fine Arts Department map drafted in 1993. Following this map Wat Phra Non is situated south of Wat Wihan Khian and west of Wat Thong. The latter site seems not to be correctly indicated on this map, so Wat Phra Non could not be correctly identified. The brick mound is located in geographical coordinates: 14° 20' 27.22" N, 100° 33' 55.15" E. |
Text, maps & photograph by Tricky Vandenberg Updated March 2015 |
(Brick mound in situ) |
(Detail of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map - Courtesy Khun Supot Prommanot, Director of the 3th Regional Office of Fine Arts) |