Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 08.00 - 17.00

 

Prasat Ban Muang Chan Located in the area of ​​Wat Mueang Chan, Village No. 1, Mueang Chan Subdistrict Mueang Chan District Sisaket Province It is 15 kilometers from Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai and about 42 kilometers from Sisaket City Hall (Road No. 226, Uthumphon Phisai Intersection - Mueang Chan).

 

Ban Muang Chan Castle is a castle. or single prang The base is a square, 3.40 meters in size, 15 meters in height, has 4 floors, built of bricks. Rectangular in shape, with a slender peak, the arches on all four sides are pseudo-gates. no glass wall lintels or etched stones of any kind.

 

Its shape and size are similar to Prasat Ban Non That or Prasat Huai Thap Than. Huai Thap Than District Sisaket Province is the most different, it is only a single castle. But the castle at Ban Non That is a castle of 3 statues.

 

in the area of ​​Ban Muang Chan Castle It has been excavated in a stone sema. carved in the shape of a lotus bud and Ajarn Srisakorn Williphodom made the assumption that "Sema Hin in the Northeast There are many more than other regions, a special feature of Isan culture. that are linked to the cult of spiritism and paying respect to ancestors who have come into contact with Buddhism For this reason, a stone sema leaf carved in the shape of a lotus or lotus petal is a symbol of Buddhism”.

 

Archaeologists assumed that Ban Muang Chan castle. May be built around the late Ayutthaya period Or maybe during the renovation Ban Non That Castle Huai Thap Thap District Sisaket Province and is a Buddhist place rather than a belief in other religions or may be built to contain the Buddha's relics or the relics of Phra Thera or important person that the community can respect the faith.

 

Another noteworthy thing is that communities in the surrounding area It is the residence of Khao Kui or Tribute people. and not far from Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai which is the center of power and the civilization of the ancient Khmer Empire, not much.