Located 4km northeast of Wat Tbaeng and 6km or so west of Phnom Kulen, the site features the remains of a late 10th to mid-11th-century brick temple. The site is somewhat special in that it has a person living on site as an ascetic, which is wonderful to encounter. There are a few places, but … Read more
Located 550m west of Beng Mealea and 270m southwest of Prasat Duan Chan, Kuk Troap temple features the remnants of a brick/sandstone temple. It’s a small temple whose moat-surrounded mound measures around 25m wide and 30m long. To the east is a basin measuring around 165m x 86m. Interestingly, the site has an east-southeast orientation … Read more
Located around 5km to the northwest of Khvav village near the southern border of Siem Reap Province, on the southern step of Phnom Khtum. It features a tall laterite wall that is mostly still standing. On Google Maps, it has been added as “Lobaek Temple”. The site doesn’t appear in historical French inventories nor on … Read more
Located north of the ancient East Road and east of Spean Ta Ong, the remains of Prasat Phnom Dob sits atop a small mountain. It features the base of what may be two or three brick shrines that are enclosed by a laterite wall that may have dated to the 10th-11th century. The site is … Read more
A small neak ta shelter by the edge of a baray in Kouk Mon village. Remnants include a small sandstone pedestal, a fragment of a hand from what may have been a Buddha statue, and most interestingly, a fragment depicting what appears to be a stupa.
Also recorded as Tuol Yeay Srei Temple Base, it’s located 6km east of the RN 6 in Baray District, and around 1km east of the ruins of Ta Pich. It’s a large moat-surrounded mound accessed by wading through the rice fields and entering from either the east or west side, the traditional entrance would have … Read more
Also recorded as Tuol Ta Pich Temple Base, Ta Pec, and Tuol Don Srei, it’s the site where an important inscribed stele was discovered. It’s located 6km east of the RN 6 in Baray District, and just south of the road, it’s a large moat-surrounded mound accessed from the east. On visiting in Sep 2023, … Read more
Site featuring remnants of an ancient temple including stone lion, pedestal, feet of small statue, and other sandstone fragments.
Remains of an ancient laterite terrace, with one tier, square in shape and about 5m per side. Near the site, there appears a sandstone pedestal albeit seemingly crudely finished or perhaps very decayed. Today, the site is located inside the grounds of the primary school nearby the road that eventually leads to Ta Seng village. … Read more
Locate immediately north of Road 56 and 8km or so west of Samrong, Prasat Kap Kong is a large mound surrounded by a moat with access on the east. What remains of the actual temple is a large by oddly fascinating laterite base platform. Sandstone fragments can be seen here and there. It’s also a … Read more
Prasat Prei Kuk/Prey Kuk, located around 25km east-southeast of Preah Vihear city, is a fascinating site and one of the oldest sites retaining substantial remnants and art still in situ, outside of Sambor Prei Kuk/Phnom Da/Thala Borivat. It’s speculated to date to around the 6-7th century. In the 1900s, French explorers would name it Rocher … Read more
Located near the bank of the Srepok River and the contemporary monastery, Wat Katinaram, Ba Daem Temple is an ancient temple site dating back to the 6-7th century. More to come… Inscriptions
Located right on the bank of the confluence of the Mekong and Sekong rivers, Prasat Pros, also known as Theat Ba Chong, is mostly lost to time although remnants of its construction can still be seen from the top of the river bank and from below at a low tide. The site is also the … Read more
Located just north of the main road and fronted by a large basin to its east, Prasat Si Liem was only briefly mentioned in early French reports of the 1900s but seemingly recent excavations have revealed there’s much more to it. The site is encapsulated by shrubbery making it difficult to navigate. The first image … Read more
Located atop a large rise in central Krong Stung Treng, Phnom Theat Temple features the remnants of a 7th-century temple. According to historical notes, the site was a small brick temple enclosed by double outer walls featuring monumental gopura (gates). At the site today are several fascinating remnants including a mostly intact sandstone drain with … Read more
Located north of the Koh Ker temple group and just north of the ancient road that once led from Beng Mealea to Koh Ker, Prasat Ta Maen, also known as Prasat Ta Men, is quite similar in many ways to the sites known as “Temple d’Etape” so labeled by the French researchers in the 1900s. … Read more
Located on the southeast side of the Koh Ker temple group, also known as Prasat Sampor and Sampie, it’s the remains of a brick temple that opened to the west. On one side of the site, you can see a line of laterite that may have been the start of, or the remains of an … Read more
Located on the northwest side of the Koh Ker group of temples, Prasat Dang Tong, or Don Ton North (in some records, Prasat Reamker), is the remains of a brick temple, that according to an onsite report, was an elongated building with a corbelled roof possibly built prior to Jayavarman IV’s relocation of the capital … Read more
Located on the northern side of the Koh Ker group of temples, Prasat Dang Tung (or Don Ton South) features the remains of a rectangular laterite building that houses a beautifully decorated pedestal. This laterite building opened to the east and also featured decorated octagonal door columns. Remnants of other structures can be seen, looks … Read more
Located east of the RN 6 in Baray District, the site is moat moat-surrounded mound featuring a contemporary shelter/shrine and a collection of ancient sandstone remnants from a temple that once existed here. The collection of remnants includes mostly pedestals, some of a slightly unusual nature which may have been masonry altered when the site … Read more
A moat surrounded mound featuring remnants of an ancient 10th century brick temple. Remnants include several colonnette fragments, pedestals, and sandstone plinths that may well have been door frames.
Also recorded as Prasat Praptos, it’s the remains of a laterite temple that carries inscriptions from the 10th century. Not a lot remains of the site today bar a partially standing laterite wall, some plinths, and an inscribed sandstone doorframe. Whilst no foundation stele was discovered to record such, George Coedes noted the site as … Read more
Located to the southwest of Pouk, it’s the site of a ruined brick temple with a laterite base. At the site today, there is a small shelter surrounded by laterite blocks. Inside the shelter sits the sandstone pedestal of an ancient temple. The site is surrounded by development, including houses, a road, and farmlands, making … Read more
Prasat Ping Pong is also recorded as Prasat Kandal (noting that on this north-south axis, there is a Pr. Kandal nth and Pr. Kandal sth some 3km to NE). The site features a moat-surrounded mound with traces of an ancient temple site whose basement structure is still to be found below ground. At the site … Read more
Located on the west side of Pouk and 900m south of National Road 6, the site features a moat-surrounded mound and several temple remnants. The mound is substantial, appearing to be buttressed by laterite in places with other laterite blocks forming a border around the temple area that may be a later rearrangement. Several sandstone … Read more
Remains of a brick temple group
Partially standing remains of a brick temple with outer enclosure
