WAT KHOK (2)





Wat Khok, or the Monastery of the Mound, was located off the city island in the eastern area of Ayutthaya, in the Phai Ling Sub-district of Ayutthaya. The monastery stood on the west bank of Khlong Kudi Dao (1).


Wat Samana Kottharam stood north, Wat Kuek (defunct) east opposite the canal and Wat Tha Phra (defunct) south.


No visible traces are remaining of this monastery at ground level. Houses were built in situ.


The site is indicated on a 1993 and 2007 CE Fine Arts Department map. Based on the 2007 CE Fine Arts Department map, the site was in geographical coordinates: 14° 21' 34.78" N, 100° 35' 28.75" E.


Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.


Footnotes:


(1) Khlong Kudi Dao was an artificial short-cut canal running north-south and dug in a loop of the Pa Sak River, which riverbed later became Khlong Hantra. The canal is defunct today, but some small stretches can still be seen parallel with Road No 3058. The canal was an extension of Khlong Ayothya.