The Ramkhamhaeng National Museum

inside the park, displays gifts from the ex-abbot of Wat Ratchathani and art objects unearthed in Sukhothaiand nearby provinces. It is open daily from 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Admission fee 30 baht. Tel. (055) 612167

The north and the south walls of the ancient city are each 2,000 metres long, where as the east and the west walls are each 1,600 metres long. The walls contain four main gates. A stone inscription mentions that King Ramkhamhaeng set up a bell at one of the gates. If his subject needed help, they would ring the bell and the King would come out to settle disputes and dispense justice.

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