Located on the western side of Beng Mealea’s baray, or Rahal Baray as early French archeologists recorded it, is a very large cruciform sandstone terrace that connects to the eastern entrance of Beng Mealea via a bollarded causeway.
At a guess, it is around 70 m long on its east-west axis and 40m wide in places on its north-south axis of the cruciform. It is over one meter high, and atop the platform has a series of low-height stepped rises to an unknown central feature.
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Site Info
- Site Name: No official name, part of Beng Mealea
- Reference ID: HA19053 | Last Updated: January 7th, 2025
- Other Names: Khoeun Boeung Keo
- Tags/Group: Beng Mealea, ra, Temples
- Location: Siem Reap Province > Svay Leu District > Boeng Mealea Commune > Boeng Mealea Village
