Located atop a small hill, the ancient temple site is quite fascinating for several reasons. Standing at the site today is one partially standing sandstone temple which never received any of its final decorative carving. Its also interesting that is is singular, and that there doesn’t appear to be the space for two more shrines … Read more
Also known as Prasat Plov, a walled brick temple partially collapsed, overgrown, with scattered remnants.
Featuring three standing brick towers, library building, outer gallery wall measuring 30 m x 25 m, outer moat, and large basin in the east, and an adjacent contemporary monastery. Thnal Dach is a charming remote site in the Angkor region. The outer wall is still standing in part featuring a main entrance on the east … Read more
Also recorded as Prasat Daun Chan and Dong Chan, it is located around 400m to the southwest of the western entrance of Beng Mealea Temple. It features an outer laterite enclosure wall with a single cruciform entrance pavilion (gopura) on the eastern side and a single shrine with a library building in the southeast corner. … Read more
Also known as Kong Phlouk Temple. It is an unusual site (for the Angkor area), featuring a stepped laterite pyramid, and not to be missed on an excursion to Beng Mealea. The site is found at the southeast corner of the baray of Beng Mealea and is unusually aligned on a north-south axis. According to … Read more
Also known as Chrey Temple, Prasat Chrey and even Prasat Chrek. It is sandstone temple with two libraries, outer wall with entry gopura, terrace (listed here), and basin. It is a feature of the ancient Royal Road network and one of the several structures that early French researchers would classify as “Temple d’étape” (waypoint or … Read more
Large cruciform sandstone terrace that was connected on the west side by a causeway to Pr. Chrey. At a guess, it is one meter or so in height, around 20 m long and 4 m wide running east-west, and similar running north-south making a cruciform shape. It features ornate decoration and molding typical of the … Read more
Also known as Prasat Toab Chey Thom, Teap Chei, and Torp Chey Thom. It is a ruinous walled sandstone temple that was a common feature along the ancient royal road network along the section from Angkor to Preah Khan (of Kampong Svay). French archeologists recorded this temple type as “Temples d’étape” or staging place. They … Read more
Recently restored, Kraham Temple, or the Red Temple (due to the color of bricks used), was originally a group of three temples built in the 9th century and aligned north-south while opening to the east. Today only the southern temple remains to be seen, with the middle temple no longer seen and the northern temple … Read more
Located south of Anlong Thom village atop Phnom Kulen south of Prasat Anlong Thom and north of Prasat Chrei and Bos Neak. All are along the same trail, on a north-south axis and all, unusually, open to the west. The tall square brick temple is mostly standing at least on three sides. Even in its … Read more
Prasat Rong Chen, or Rong Chen Temple, sits atop Kulen Mountain (Phnom Kulen) located around 60-70km north of Siem Reap and about 2 km southwest of the village of Anlong Thom. It is a fascinating and historically important site dating to the 9th century that is anecdotally touted as where the Khmer King Jayavarman II … Read more
Also known as Prasat Banteay Khchorng, it’s a ruinous but incredibly fascinating site with several unique features. It has an outer laterite wall enclosure that is divided into two sections. with one section containing a partially standing group of three brick temples and an eastern section containing unique elongated structures and a unique galleried gopura. … Read more
Originally believed to be a late-10th century or early 11th century brick temple that had a central shrine flanked on either side by library buildings. Today, only the laterite outer wall remains, with only scattered remnants of the original temple seen, such as colonette fragments and sandstone plinths. The walled area has been filled with … Read more
The site of a modern monastery, Wat Sanlong, and also an ancient site with a tall brick temple and smaller satellite temple. Featured a moat and basin in the east. The tall brick temple features five levels and false doors on each side except the east which is open and has the remains of a … Read more
Prasat Don Diev is only partially standing, located on a small rise and surrounded by what once would have been a moat is the remains of an outer laterite wall that enclosed two laterite buildings (“libraries”) and five small square brick temples which have mostly collapsed and what isn’t collapsed is still buried. surprisingly there … Read more
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
Partially standing ruins of a brick temple located atop a large hill
Prasat Trav is a square brick temple, still standing in part, that was originally surrounded by an outer moat. The site features two beautiful lions standing guard (albeit headless) with steps leading to its sandstone doorway which carries a beautifully executed inscription with 24 lines of Khmer dated to 1109 AD and registered under K. … 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
A square sandstone temple with a short hall opening to the east with a “library” in the southeast built from laterite, a laterite wall, and an entrance gopura along with a large basin in the east. The site has a format similar to many of the hospital chapels built under Jayavarman VII yet no “hospital … Read more
Located atop Phnom Kambot of Kralanh district Siem Reap, Prasat Phnom Kambot, is a small square brick temple built on a laterite base. On the trail leading to the site, two pedestals and the odd laterite block can be seen. A statue, possibly of Prajnaparamita, originating from here sits in the Guimet Museum of France … Read more
Also known as Kol Temple, Prasat Kdei Ta Kom Thom is a fascinating and extremely ruinous site that from even a quick glance, one can tell that this would have been perhaps one of the most beautiful sites in Angkor, alongside the ranks of Banteay Srei albeit much smaller. It’s recorded as dating to the … Read more
Preah Phnom temple is located in Angkor Chum District of Siem Reap Province, about 65km from Siem Reap city. It is a group of five square brick temples set on a large rise with two annex buildings or ‘libraries’, and moat (dry and partly consumed by farmland), and large basin in the north. Interestingly, from … Read more
Remains of a three brick temple group, surrounded by an outer wall with a large basin in the east.
Prasat Kok Pongro (Khmer: ប្រាសាទគោកពង្), or Kouk Pongro temple, is located north of Angkor Thom in Siem Reap. It is believed to date to the 9-10th century during the reign of King Yasovarman who reigned in 889–910 AD. It is a small site with three prasats, two mostly fallen and one completely. It is a brick … Read more
Located around 5km southwest of Beng Mealea, Prasat Sam Yot features the remnants of what appears to be a late 10th-11th century temple. On visiting in late 2024, it was quite overgrown and appeared to be a single sandstone shrine that opened to the east with a forebody and had chambered false entrances around its … Read more
A ruinous but fascinating site that was once three brick temples with a library building. The temples are raised higher than normal with ascending staircases and traces of ornate carvings can be seen to indicate this would have been a very special and ornate temple site. They are all collapsed, but the base structures are … Read more
Prasat Chup Chrei is a small ruinous brick temple that, unusually, opens to the west. A section of lintel can still be seen at the site. A short way away and you will find the more impressive Thma Dap Temple.
Also known as Chamreang Temple. Mostly standing rectangular laterite temple, opening to the east and originally surrounded by a moat. It is located near to Damdek, and 500 m north of the RN6 and what was a section of the anceint Royal Road from Angkor to Andet/Sambor Prei Kuk. Just to the south is another … Read more
A small but very charming site located in Damdek to the west of Siem Reap and not to be confused with the larger Banteay Srei located north of Siem Reap. Albeit ruinous and having only partial restoration, the site is a must-see if you are traveling out that way. It is reported as being Khleang … Read more