Khai Nern Wong

Near Khai Nern Wong ("Camp on a Small Hill"), some 5 km (3 mi.) south of Chanthaburi, lie the remnants of a fort constructed in about 1834 by King Rama III. Apart from one or two shattered cannon of British and French origin, there is little of a military nature to be seen. Within the partly overgrown walls stands Wat Yottanimit, also built by Rama III, incorporating a well-preserved 11th c. Khmer prang, the walls around which are topped by four (crumbling) chedis. The shrine is modern, erected in 1977 on the foundations of its predecessor.