| WAT JOM THONG 1 (วัดจอมทอง) |
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| Wat Jom Thong or the Monastery of the Golden Peak was located on the city island in the southern area of Ayutthaya in Pratu Chai Sub-district. The temple, known also as Wat Ket, was situated south of an ancient canal called Khlong Chang Maha Chai. Wat Khok Chang was north of the temple, while Wat Suan Luang stood on its west. There are no traces anymore of the former monastery. Houses have been built on the site. The temple is classified as disappeared. Historical data about the monastery and its construction are unknown. In front of the monastery and besides the Maha Chai granary (situated earlier along the canal between Wat Suan Luang and Wat Sop Sawan, today in the location of the army camp) was a fresh market called the Head Granary Market. [1] Wat Jom Thong is mentioned on Phraya Boran Rachathanin’s map drafted in 1926 in a nearly identical position as Wat Ket on a mid-19th century map. A 2007 Fine Arts Department GIS map positions Wat Jom Thong east of the Rear Palace, but I believe if this excavation site is correct it must have been likely the remains of a structure of the Rear Palace and not a monastery. The site must have been approximately situated in Geo Coord: 14° 21' 9.04" N, 100° 33' 3.29" E. References: [1] Markets and Production in the City of Ayutthaya before 1767: Translation and Analysis of Part of the Description of Ayutthaya - Chris Baker - Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 99, 2011 - page 65. |
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| Text & maps by Tricky Vandenberg - October 2009 Updated April 2011, April 2013, May 2014 |
| (Detail of Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map - Anno 1926) |
| (Detail of a mid-19th century map) |
| (Detail of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map - Courtesy Khun Supot Prommanot, Director of the 3th Regional Office of Fine Arts) |
| (Detail of a 2007 Fine Arts Department GIS map - Courtesy of the Fine Arts Department - 3th Region) |