Si Satchanalai - Surrounding Walls

The 1-m (3-ft) thick wall built from cylinders between 1285 to 1288 by King Ramkhamhaeng is noteworthy. Heavy roof-shaped laterite caps rest on the pillars; three higher pillars form the gates, the top part of the center one is decorated with stucco figures and ornament. Rather unusual are the large impressive faces in the four corners, possibly influenced by the formative style of the towers with faces in the temple at Angkor Thorn (in Cambodia).

In the vicinity is a large chedi from the second half of the 14th c. clearly influenced by the Singhalese and erected for Mon monks. Right in the east of the site is a mondhop, called Phra Ruang and consecrated to the son of a snake goddess.