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ArchitecturePhra Chedi Klang Nam (middle of the water) Rayong
The brick and cement Chedi is painted in white and has a square circumambulatory with a wall. The wall is decorated with enameled insulators. There is a short wall supporting a bell-shaped element in a round plan. There is a lotus base, a series of three convex moldings, a lotus base with pointed mouldings, all of which are highly extended. Above this is the bell-shaped element, hamika, pillars, spire and finial. The surrounding area is covered with clayed tiles.
ArchitectureIsaraphap Chedi Chanthaburi
This brick and cement Chedi is painted in white has a circumambulatory with a wall in a square plan. The wall is decorated with Chinese-style-craved tiles. There is a short wall supporting a bell-shaped element in a round plan. There is a lotus base, a series of three convex moldings, a lotus base with pointed mouldings, all of which are highly extended. Above this is the bell-shaped element, hamika, pillars, spire and finial.
ArchitectureNeun Wong Camp
Noen Wong Camp was made from soil by digging a moat around a large mound and constructed a laterite wall with boundary stones and arsenal holes around. The gate was made of bricks. The original gate was a wooden building with tiles above the gate. Such evidence can still be partly seen from the gate of Neun Wong Camp called “Tonsai gate” in the north. The fort in front of the camp, which was later restored is made of concrete and is of an octagonal shape.
ArchitectureAlangkorn Chedi
This Chedi is made of laterite and has a circumambulatory with a wall in a square plan. There are stairs on all 4 sides supporting a bell-shaped element in a round plan. There is a lotus base, a series of three convex moldings, a lotus base with pointed mouldings, the bell-shaped element, hamika, pillars, spire and finial.
SculptureThe Lord Buddha’s footprints
The pair of the Buddha footprints is craved on natural laterite. It is covered by a building. Each foot is curved according to outer line. The toes are not of the same length similar to natural feet. There is a pattern of the wheel of law in the middle of each footprint. Such a pattern conveys the meaning that the Lord Buddha is greater than his earth and universe.Between the two footprints, there is a deep hole. Some scholars believed that this was a hole for an umbrealla. It remains unclear as to what function the cross nook serves. Some scholars thought that it was there to support the umbrealla, while the others thought that it was similar to a crossing “Sawasdika” or a flag with two points
ArchitectureSunanda Monument
The monument is a cutting stone pyramid in square plan and has King Rama V handwriting inscription at the centre.
