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Changha Temple

Partially standing remains of a laterite temple, with “library” building and outer wall. Moat. (source: Cisark)

Roeu Temple

Located around 6km to the southwest of Beng Mealea and around 500m north of the supposed path of the ancient East Road that joined Angkor to Beng Mealea, Prasat Roeu, or Prasat Reu, features the remnants of a 10th-century brick temple. It was a small temple with a single shrine opening to the east with … Read more

Balang Temple

A group of at least three ruinous brick temples that are partially standing.  It appears to have featured an entry gopura on the east, an outer wall, and perhaps other structures which are hard to determine from the rubble that remains. Nearby is a kneeling elephant statue.

Phnom Veak Temple

Also known as Prasat Phnom Preah Tevakh, the ancient temple is located atop the low mountain with one tall tower built atop a stepped laterite base which also appears as it may have once led to stairs down the mountain on its easter side. The tower is constructed mostly of laterite although a lot of … Read more

Peam Kre Temple (Phnom Kulen)

Located west of Anlong Thom village and north of the main road, Peam Kre features two partially standing brick temples. They are aligned on a north-south axis and open to the east. One of the shrines rose up on a seemingly pyramidal base of decent proportions while the other sat a little lower making for … Read more

Phnom Hap Temple

Also known as Kom Nob Temple (ប្រាសាទ ភ្នំកំណប់), it’s located atop a small mountain of the same name, Phnom Hap, that lies to the southwest of Phnom Kulen and south of Kbal Spean. At the base of the mountain, on its northeastern side, a Buddhist monastery (wat) provides access to the trail leading up to … Read more

Ta Iem Temple (Sre Yem)

Located in Svay Leu on the farming plains below Kulen Mountain, Prasat Ta Iem (on Google Maps as Prasat Ta Tiep and other notes as Sre Yem) features an outer moat, laterite walled enclosure with an entrance on the east leading to a single brick tower. The site is also recorded as Srae Yem and … Read more

Kbal Spean – Visiting Info, Layout, History & More

The ancient site of Kbal Spean is a section of the river whose waters flow over the natural stone bedrock which has been abundantly sculpted, in particular with linga, but also with gods of the Hindu pantheon including Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Uma and other deities. The riverbed even features small basins whose walls were also … Read more

Banteay (Phnom Kulen)

The Banteay site is an expansive area that is believed to be the royal palace of Jayavarman II (802–850 AD) in what is now known as once being the ancient capital, Mahendraparvata atop Phnom Kulen. While there are no visible remnants of the royal palace to be seen today bar some scattered brick debris, excavations … Read more

Peung Tbal (Phnom Kulen)

Located atop Phnom Kulen and southwest of the village of Anlong Thom, it’s also recorded as Poeng Tbal. A fascinating scenic site with natural rock massifs featuring ancient carvings all sitting at the edge of a natural gulley that is believed to have been developed into a reservoir during ancient times. The groups of rock … Read more

Wat Preah Ang Choub

Located partway up the south side of Kulen Mountain, Wat Preah Ang Choub features a highly revered ancient rock carving recorded as Peung Preah Chop. It is a functioning monastery and an important one, too; every year, thousands of monks gather here, coming from Thailand and as far as China. As mentioned, the site is … Read more

Sema Peam Kre

Sema Peam Kre is a very unique site in the context of the early Angkor located atop Kulen mountain near to and believed to be contemporaneous to the Banteay (Royal Palace) of Mahendraparvata around the 8-9th century. It is a very early Buddhist site featuring upright large carved stone slabs (sema stones) arranged to demarcate … Read more

Sema Don Meas

Location of ancient sema stone demarcated site (similar to Sema Peam Kre)

Ta Trachiek Veng

Located north of Svay Leu and Peung Komnou, Ta Trachiek Veng, or Prasat Nakta Tracheak Thom, is a laterite terrace supporting a large stele with a representation of Ganesha in what may be Vigna Ganapati form.

Preah Bat Phnom Bei

Also known as Wat Phnom Bei, it’s located at the foothill of Phnom Kulen and to the northwest of Beng Mealea temple and features a contemporary pagoda located atop a natural rise with spectacular views across the massif of Kulen and the surrounding plains and hills. On an adjacent rise, an arrangement of rocks forming … Read more

Wat Tbaeng (Banteay Srei District)

A contemporary monastery and pagoda. The site was recorded in an inventory carried out by Boulbert & Dagens in the early 1970s as having the remains of a brick temple. Noting that 350m to the east are the remains of Khnap Temple.

Thnal Bangkoy

Recorded as being ancient earthwork, with an east-west orientation. Location approximated.

Kap Chen Temple

Kap Chen Temple (not yet prepared for visitors – as of late 2021) is a sandstone temple featuring at least one tower that is only partially standing and a large sprawl of tumbled sandstone blocks buried in overgrowth at the time of visiting. The base of the partially standing tower appears intact and along with … Read more