Wat Mokhlan Archaeological Site

Wat Mokhlan Archaeological Site is an ancient Buddhist temple ruin located in Mokhlan Subdistrict, Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. The site preserves remains of a brick chedi and foundation structures dating to the Srivijaya period, around the 8th to 9th century CE. Notable for its early Buddhist art and architecture, it represents an important example of pre-Thai cultural heritage in the region and is registered as an ancient monument by the Fine Arts Department.

Visitors can expect an open-air archaeological site with low brick ruins, foundation remains and a restored chedi base set in a quiet rural area of Mokhlan. The site is modest in scale with grassy grounds, information signage and mature trees surrounding the ancient structures. Visitors can walk around the ruins, observe ancient brickwork and layout, and take photographs. It is a low-key historical stop rather than a developed tourist complex.

Wat Mokhlan is an ancient Buddhist site attributed to the Srivijaya period, estimated around the 8th-9th century CE. The remains include a brick chedi and associated structures reflecting early Buddhist architecture in the Malay Peninsula. The site was later registered as an ancient monument by the Fine Arts Department, indicating its importance for understanding early settlement and Buddhism in southern Thailand before the Sukhothai period.

The site represents early Buddhist cultural heritage in Nakhon Si Thammarat, a province historically significant as a center of Buddhism in southern Thailand. It reflects Srivijaya artistic and religious influence and is valued locally as a historic temple site linking present-day communities to the region's ancient Buddhist past.