Wat Kambao Or | Hello Angkor

Area: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Khvav Commune > Chong Spean Village
| Type: Ancient Remains & Temples

Located just north of Spean Khmeng on the ancient East Road that joined Angkor to Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. Wat Kambao Or is a contemporary Buddhist pagoda featuring several ancient road markers. The ancient road markers seen here are similar to those seen near Spean Praptos on the Southeast Road and others at Wat Srayong near Koh Ker.

There are three of these bollards, which stand over 1.5m tall, featuring a top that is curved on four sides, coming to a point at the centre that has what may have been a lotus bud or button-like ornament. One of these bollards has been carved on one side with a figure that is too decayed to decipher apart from it having 3 coils at its base, indicating it was likely a seated Buddha on Naga. Laterite blocks surround the pagoda, and I do not know whether they are ancient or contemporary. No one there at the time knew much about them, but it seems reasonable to think they are from the nearby Spean Ta Ong or Spean Khmeng.

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Site Info

Site Name: Wat Kambao Or, វត្តមហាអម្ពវន ហៅវត្ត កំបោ អរ, Khmer Name: វត្តកំបោអរ
Reference ID: HA43953 | Posted: December 26, 2024 | Last Update: December 26th, 2024
Tags/Group: Ancient Royal Road, Royal Road Beng Mealea-Preah Khan of Kampong Svay, Temples, Wat
Location: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Khvav Commune > Chong Spean Village

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..