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08 ํ 36’ N 07 ํ 45’ N
100 ํ 31’ E 100 ํ 10’ E
ตรัง
คลองปากประ

นครศรีธรรมราช

คลองมะกอกใต้

คลองตรุด คลองเรือ

เมืองชัยบุรี

พัทลุง เมืองพญาขัน
ตรัง

คลองสาน คลองสาน

คลองควนแร่ ลําป�า
ปะเหลียน อ.เมืองพัทลุง
สงขลา
เมืองพระรถ
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06 ํ 58’ N 07 ํ 35’ N
99 ํ 27’ E 20 km. 100 ํ 01’ E 2 km.

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haiburi”… the mountainous town
and sea port to the Lake

“Chaiburi” was situated at Hua Khao Muang (Khao Chaiburi) on the northern clusters of certain limestone
mountains whereas “Muang Phatthalung” lay at the foot of Mt. Khuha Sawan south of those clusters. It was about 8.5
kilometers from Chaiburi on the cross-sea passage of the Songkhla Lake-Palian. On this route,
there was one ancient town called “Khuan Rae” located on the far east of Phatthalung.
The map of Chaiburi drafted by a French engineer named De Lamar in the Reign of King Narai the Great in
1687 C.E. shows lines of city-walls and moats similar to those at Hua Khao Daeng. They were built to protect the town
from invaders by connecting these forts with Khao Bor La in the west, Khao Wat in the north,
Khao Phlu in the east and Khao Chaiburi in the south. These ‘khaos’ or mountains were natural defenses
with the meeting ends of two waterways: Khlong Muang and Khlong Huai Rung in the middle of the town called
“Nai Tuk or Shipyard”. The canal then flowed to the east of the town past Ban Khok-wao
and out to the Songkhla Lake. There was another straight canal flowing south toward
Phatthalung before joining the Lam Pam canal and moving on to the Lake.
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The ancient artifacts found demonstrate evidence of settlements since the 7 century CE. on the natural
waterways flowing through plains in the valley before connecting with the Songkhla Lake. Later, the city walls and
moats were built connecting ranges of mountains as forts to protect the town. They were shown on the map
designed by De La Mar more than 300 years ago. These traces provide evidence to be further studied in details.

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