Also known as Prasat Char Leu temple, it is located on the monastery grounds of Wat Leu and was a small temple site that still has one standing red sandstone tower.
The tower was never completed having received very little final decorative carving bar that can be seen on a pediment above the eastern door depicting Shiva which is actually quite beautiful and a little unique. The base of the tower also received some of its final carvings in the molding work that is typically seen around a temple base. The tower opens to the east with false doors on its other sides and is preceded by a contemporary pagoda and funerary chedi which is located behind it. Around the site, you can see several rearranged pieces of laterite and a decayed sandstone pedestal.
I’m not sure if the site originally featured a moat but during the rainy season parts of the monastery become flooded as does much in the wider area. There is an older and newer pagoda on the site featuring contemporary Khmer Buddhist artworks and several chedi.
It’s recorded that three Buddhist statues and a four-headed Brahma statue were found here but I have not been able to find any more info on those.
The site can be reached by dirt roads, west of the river off RN6, that were suitable for car or bike and were in reasonable condition at the time of visiting (late 2021).
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Site Info
- Site Name: Char Leu (V.) Khmer Name: វត្តចារលើ
- Reference ID: HA11408 | Posted: January 18, 2021 | Last Update: January 10th, 2022
- Tags/Group: nwgc, ra, Temples, Wat
- Location: Banteay Meanchey Province > Preah Netr Preah District > Tuek Chour Commune
- MoCFA ID: 73
- IK Number: 842
