WAT YOM MON (วัดยมมอน) |
Wat Yom Mon is a defunct temple formerly located off the city island in the eastern area of Ayutthaya in present Hua Ro Sub-district. The monastery was situated south of Wat Nang Chi, in the immediate vicinity of Wat Yom Thai. The latter was located on the premises of the present Wat Tham Niyom. A single monastic structure named Wat Yom is mentioned on Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926. Two monastic structures being Wat Yom Thai and Wat Yom Mon feature on a mid-19th century map. Wat Yom Thai and Wat Yom Mon were situated about 200 meters from each other following a Fine Arts Department excavation map drafted in 2007. Wat Yom Thai stood south of Wat Yom Mon, identical as indicated on the mid-19th century map. Some remains of the temple were excavated by the Fine Arts Department (FAD) in Geo Coord: 14° 21' 40.42" N, 100° 34' 54.31" E. Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown. The mid-19th century map indicates the existence of a chedi on its eastern side. |
Text & map by Tricky Vandenberg - July 2011 |
(Detail of a 19th century map - map is orientated S-N) |
(Detail of Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map - Anno 1926) |
(Detail of a 2007 Fine Arts Department GIS map - Courtesy of the Fine Arts Department - 3th Region) |