Ancient Sukhothai (South & West Of The City Walls)

South of the Sukhothai city wall the main monuments are:

• The southern gate is significant in that within the fortification, there was a construction with laterite columns and a platform for images, which indicates it was used as a place of worship.

• This wat was built before 1412, and restored in 1970. The central shrine is a mondop with stucco images of Buddha in the four attitudes of walking, sitting, standing and reclining. The outer walls still retain a section in the form of a slate pillar-balustraded window. Behind the mondop is a small chedi, which contains a Buddha image known locally as Phra Sri Ariya (the Buddha of the Future). The viharn is outside the walls to the east. There are entrance gates on the north, south and west walls. The walls and gate frames are constructed with slate slabs in a carpentry style of shouldered tenons, which is most unusual. 

• This wat is significant for the remains of its high relief stuccowork.  During restoration, the wall of the ruined viharn revealed stucco sculptures of human figures and divinities, giving pictorial insight into Sukhothai fashion. The remains on the base of the chedi have beautiful stucco relief of lions astride elephants and two and four-armed divinities holding vases of flowers.