Prasat Dang Tong (north)

Located on the northwest side of the Koh Ker group of temples, Prasat Dang Tong, or Don Ton North (in some records, Prasat Reamker), is the remains of a brick temple, that according to an onsite report, was an elongated building with a corbelled roof possibly built prior to Jayavarman IV’s relocation of the capital from Angkor to Koh Ker. The site miraculously retains its lintel in a good state of preservation along with decorated door columns and an ornate pedestal that rewards the visitor to this slightly out-of-the-way site.

Henri Parmentier’s description from L’Art khmèr classique , monuments du quadrant Nord-Est, 1939

Prasat Don Ton North 281.10 (M. H. 690).

The building is 800 m. from the N.-W. angle of the Rahál, in the extension of its W. side; this brick prásat oriented E. 15° N. has retained only part of its lower body. The building no longer has an O face and has lost the center of its S face; he has, luckily, dreamed the greater part of its N face and it appears bare and without a false door. The building is clearly rectangular in the E.-W direction. conventional.

The interior has an ogee cornice. Above the entrance bay is a relieving arch, the corbels of which are, in both directions, by foundations of a brick. Door E. has a beautiful molded frame assembled with a miter, octagonal columns with 5 elements and a lintel of a common type III but with a beautiful look. A lion remains in front of the steps.

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Rodney Charles LHuillier

Living in Asia for over a decade and now residing in beautiful Siem Reap. Rodney Charles L'Huillier has spent over seven years in Cambodia and is the author of Ancient Cambodia (2024) and Essential Siem Reap (2017, 2019). Contact via [email protected] - more..