Name: Ban Bo Suak kiln site
Location: southwest of Nan
Date Founded: 15 A.D.
Style: Ban Bo Suak
Photo dated: 26th November 2014

Ban Bo Suak can be reached from highway 101, just south of Nan city, by taking the local road 1025. At a crossroads after 7kms, a left fork leads to the village, another 4kms. This location used to be an important area producing glazed ceramics that were widely popular throughout the northern region. The production patterns are unique to Ban Bo Suak. Its popularity rose after the discoveries of Bo Suak ceramic debris in ancient burial grounds everywhere along the northern mountain ridges from Chiang Mai to Tak and Kamphaeng Phet provinces.
The history of Bo Suak kiln site can be traced back to the reign of Phraya Phonlathep Ruechai in 15 A.D. which was a glorious period for Nan. Their knowledge of creating kilns and making glazed ceramics had been technical skills developed from San Kamphaeng Kilns and Kalong Kilns which are sites near Chiang Mai. The Archaeology Division, which has conducted a preliminary study in this area since 1984, also found this part of Nan is a large archaeological site supporting a huge community. The kilns face the Chao Phraya River for convenient transport. Two ancient kilns have been reconstructed and housed within permanent structures. The large chambers allow a person to enter. An exhibition of kiln artifacts is shown in the basement of Pol.Sgt.Maj. Manat’s house, where the kilns were discovered in October 1999.
Opening hours are 8am-5pm.