Also known as Wat Khnat Temple, it is now a monastery that was built on the site of an ancient sanctuary that consisted of a group of six brick temples. The modern monastery is certainly ornate and unique. In the front yard, you can see a collection of sandstone remnants by a tree. Numerous ancient … Read more
Laterite bridge which measures 27 meters long and 9 meters wide.
Also known as Sampov Temple and Prasat Sampeou (ប្រាសាទសំពៅ), it is located 22km northwest of Siem Reap and 16km northwest of Angkor Wat. It was built in the era of King Jayavarman VII (reign 1181–1218 AD). It is one of the many “firehouses” that lined the northwest Royal Road leading from Angkor Thom to Prasat … Read more
Also known as Srâlau (Pr.). Prasat Sralao (ប្រាសាទស្រឡៅ) is a remote temple around 20km north-northwest of Siem Reap and 16km from Angkor Wat. The site is quite ruinous but quite interesting at least for those with a keen interest in ancient temple architecture. The site features three brick towers built on a common platform with … Read more
Overgrown but partially standing brick temple with basin in the east. It is a small standing brick temple located in the farmlands of Svay Chek Commune. The site has a northern orientation, which is not so common. The temple features few distinguishing features, apart from being made from brick, square without features nor false doors, … Read more
Prasat Pongro, also recorded on some maps as Prasat Kor Pong Ro, and Kouk Pongro, is a partially standing small brick temple. It opens to the east, and while the south and west sides are still unexcavated, offering support to what remains, the northern wall is cleared, exposing the outline of the false door. Sandstone … Read more
A terrace near where a large statue of Avalokitesvara was found. BW Photos © EFEO 1926 View collection
Partially standing ruins of a brick temple located atop a large hill
It is one of the more fascinating and charming remote sites found around Angkor. It is located around 40 mins north of Siem Reap city. The site is not completely cleared but a walking trail leads up the low-rise hill where you will first come across a shelter with an incompleted, but giant, statue of … Read more
Also known as Khpob Temple, an overgrown sandstone temple that is enclosed by five or six other brick temples that are mostly collapsed. The site is also surrounded by a moat. Various pedestals, a deposit stone, a stone coffin, and a number of bricks can be seen scattered around the site. The sandstone temple will … Read more
A laterite temple that was one of the “firehouses”/Dharmacalas, or Gîte d’étape as the French researchers would call them, that were found along certain sections of the ancient road network. The temple is mostly collapsed bar part of the northern wall which retains some remnants of a sandstone lintel depicting worshippers. There is a large … Read more
Also recorded (by Google Maps) as Prasat Wat Prasat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទវត្តប្រាសាទ). It’s an ancient temple site, still surrounded by its original moat, that now features a contemporary pagoda. Remains of the ancient temple are collected beside the pagoda including remnants of a lintel featuring a beautiful trio of elephants supporting an idol likely to have … Read more
Ancient laterite bridge still in use, recorded as 24 m long and 9 m wide. There is a small neak ta shelter housing a remnant but from where is not clear.
Also known as Angkor Pheas Pagoda, featuring a contemporary monastery built on the site of an ancient brick temple and is still today surrounded by a moat. Remains of the ancient site are now collected at the east of the pagoda including a large and partly finished pedestal plus a shelter containing a collection of … Read more
Also known as Baymet, Baymat, or Baimiet Temple (same as the name of the village). Wrapped in thorny overgrowth it’s difficult to determine much about its layout (06/21) bar sneaking a peek through to see a false door on one side, an entry on the other, and an array of tumbled laterite pieces. Cisark notes … Read more
Also recorded as Wat Atheb Dai. A beautiful village monastery and pagoda that rests upon what was once an ancient temple site. The pagoda itself is surrounded by the sites original moat and atop the platform of the pagoda, a large collection of sandstone remains from the ancient 10th-century temple can be seen. In the … Read more
Located on the site of Wat Kralanh, a contemporary monastery whose pagoda is built around the remnants of the ancient temple site. Formerly a group of three brick temples, one small part of a tower wall can be seen standing at the rear of the pagodas platform, which is interestingly formed of laterite. From Lunet … Read more