Also recorded as Prasat Trapeang Thnal Svay, it is a remote site in Preah Vihear Province featuring the remains of a temple complex featuring a brick central shrine with a laterite forebody with two small satellite shrines, a “library”, two large gopura/entrance pavilions, an elongated peristyle structure (on an east-west axis), and an enclosure wall … Read more
Located in Romdoh Srae commune of Choam Khsant district in Preah Vihear and just south of an army barracks, Prasat Thmom Peang is the ruins of an ancient walled temple site. The single central shrine is a square sandstone temple that had a brick superstructure, open only to the east. There appears to have been … Read more
Set among the plains of Choam Khsant District, Prei Vihear Province, Prasat Kraham is a square brick temple that opens to the east with false doors on the other side formed by the brickwork. Remnants of the lintel and decorated door column can be seen at the site. Note: At Jan 2022, the site does … Read more
Located atop Phnom Tamao, and also recorded as Tamao Mountain Temple, the site features the remains of a brick temple that was once a pair of temples. The remaining brick temple has a contemporary monastery built around it and with the characterful landscape of rocky boulders and views over the plains, it’s a small but … Read more
Ruinous remains of a brick temple, two libraries, and outer enclosure. Location approximated.
Located atop a hill in Choam Khsant District of Preah Vihear, near to the large Neak Buos Temple, and on the grounds of an emerging monastery, is a small, square, and partially standing brick temple. The ancient temple is surrounded by an enormity of brick rubble, some of which is arranged to form a perimeter, … Read more
Located around 12km southeast of Choam Khsant, Prasat Trapean Anoun sits atop a broad earthen rise featuring two brick temples side by side. The north brick tower is mostly standing and deeply embedded with the root of a tree that grows from its superstructure creating a characterful scene. It features refined molding around its eaves … Read more
Prasat Kon Ko, also recorded as Khna Makhop which is a name also given to the temple located 1km away to the northeast. Prasat Kon Ko is built atop a natural sandstone platform which also seemingly supplied sandstone to build the site. The site features a single shrine, cruciform in shape and opening to the … Read more
Located northeast of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay and southwest of Tabos village in Preah Vihear, Prasat Ta Bos (or Tabas Temple) is an interesting site located atop a large natural rise and positioned beside a rock monolith that dominates that rise. It’s a square laterite temple that features a tall, tiered three-level base with … Read more
Located 3km to the southeast of Purrieng village, and just north of the ancient road that led from Beng Mealea to Wat Phu, Prasat Mak Ma is reminiscent of Temple d’Etapes that are seen along the same ancient road from Angkor to Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. In this case, the single shrine is built … Read more
Located 1300m directly south of Phnom Sandak and 600m to the southwest of Prasat Kon Chen, Prasat Kei is a tall laterite temple surrounded by an enclosure wall. To the east of the site, there is a large basin (dry) and perhaps a small basin to the northeast (also dry but likely holds water during … Read more
The island at the center of the large baray featuring the remains of a sandstone cruciform temple with some decorative elements preserved including carvings of deity and ascetics. The site is mostly ruinous but also featured two library buildings, a laterite enclosure wall, a moat, and then an earthen embankment where it meets the waters … Read more
Partially standing remains of a cruciform-shaped sandstone temple that featured a “library” building and outer enclosure wall.
Remains of a sandstone cruciform temple, with library building, and laterite outer enclosure wall with entrance pavilions on the east and west. Of all Banteay Chhmar’s satellite temples this is perhaps the most ruinous with only one lower section of the wall with a doorway remaining upright along with the doorframe of the entrance pavilion.
Remains of a cruciform sandstone temple, with library building, outer laterite wall, moat, and another outer enclosure wall. There’s also a small basin. The site is almost completely in ruin bar parts of the outer laterite wall, and some walls of the central temple and eastern entrance pavilion.
Partially standing remains of a laterite temple that was a cruciform shape with a small library building, outer wall, moat, and remains of a further enclosure wall.
Located north of Prey Veng village and south of Tel Village in Preah Vihear province, Prasat Kon Chen (also known as Pr. Kon Chin) is a small temple site related to the nearby grand temple of Phnom Sandak. It’s a building type that the French researchers from the early 1900s would label “Palais” and features … Read more
Located at the northeast corner of the ancient basin and just south of the larger Neak Buos Temple, Prasat Kuk Srei is a ruinous but fascinating site of a distinct and unusual format. This unusual format consists of a U-shaped building fronted by a long peristyle construction that researchers note as a building of the … Read more
Remains of a brick temple with moat and basin in the east. (source: Cisark)
Located to the southeast of the main Koh Ker temple group, Prasat Trapeang Svay is the remains of a brick temple that opened to the west. It was a single shrine by appearance and was built atop a laterite base. Fragments of its sandstone door frame and decorated octagonal pillars can still be seen along … Read more
Located around 400m south of the Rahal Baray at Koh Ker, also recorded as Prasat Kraham, it is a small square brick temple that opens to the east with sandstone door frame and decorated columns topped with an unfinished lintel. Historical Notes 200m away, west of Pr. Khna 208 is Pr. Kraham the “red prasat”, … Read more
Located south of the main group of Koh Ker’s temples, Prasat Kok Krong is a rectangular brick temple that featured a corbelled roof and opened to the east. It is notable for featuring an inscription that, according to the onsite placard, notes the Jayavarman IV’a success in constructing Prasat Prang, mentions the Ganga river (a … Read more
Located on the northwest side of the Koh Ker temple group, Prasat Dan is the remains of a square laterite temple. The temple opened to the east featuring a laterite body with a brick superstructure and an inscription is recorded from one of the door jambs. Inscription The monument named Prását Dán, reported for the … Read more
Prasat Bak is a small laterite temple with a sandstone doorway, mostly collapsed. Originally it featured an ornate pedestal that supported a large statue of Ganesha. Update 2023: Recently, and quite fabulously, the Ganesha statue was returned to Cambodia along with numerous other relics. Historical Photos Photos property of EFEO, taken in 1965 Historical Notes … Read more
A partially standing ancient brick temple located atop a small mountain, at the foot of which is the pagoda and monastery. From the pagoda, there is a staircase that leads up to the top of the mountain passing by a small contemporary shrine before reaching a crumbling but charismatic vihara (hall or pagoda if you … Read more
Located on the eastern side of Preah Vihear province, around 11km west of the Laos border and 3km northwest of the village of Robonh, Prasat Kuk is the partially standing remains of a laterite temple. It is an elongated structure, around 8m long and 4m wide by eye, open to the east. It has a … Read more
A modern monastery to the east of which are scant remains of an ancient site that was once three temples with a gopura (?) and moat. Inscriptions were recorded and registered under K. 240 and K. 241.
Prasat Preah Khset is located in the beautiful village carrying the same name, Preah Khset, and the site is easy to access but recently become a little overgrown with thorns again (10/2/22). Regardless, it’s a fascinating ancient site. The ruins sprawl far and wide but concentrate beginning with what would have been the entrance gopura. … Read more
Recorded as Prasat Kre in the 1900s by the French explorer and geographer, Etienne Lunet de Lajonquiere, the site features the remains of a three-brick temple group with an outer laterite wall and moat. Locals know it by Kon Krang or Koun Kreng (Khmer: ប្រាសាទ កូនគ្រែង) as it is recorded likewise on Google Maps. The site … Read more
Located in the northeast of Svay Leu district of Siem Reap, and west of Trapeang Thmor village, Prasat Trom is a group of three temples, surrounded by an outer laterite enclosure. It features the remains of a central sandstone tower with a laterite forebody that opens to the east which is flanked on either side … Read more