Located around 5km southwest of Beng Mealea, Prasat Sak Kdar features the remnants of what appears to have been a brick temple. On visiting in late 2024, it was quite overgrown, and there wasn’t a lot to see apart from a couple of sandstone blocks and scattered bricks among excavation wells. To the east is … Read more
It is located 2.7km west of Beng Mealea temple and 1.5km east of Sam Yot temple, along the ancient East Road that joined Angkor to Beng Mealea and Preah Khan of Kampong Svay and 500m east of Road 64 and the village of Trapeang Ruessei. When asking about the old road, local villagers pointed us … Read more
Located 380m south-southeast of Banteay Ampil temple and 190m south of the ancient East Road, the site features traces of an ancient temple with sandstone fragments and blocks. It’s recorded on Google Maps as “គ្រឹះប្រាសាទជាន់លេច”. The site sits in the centre of an undeveloped area measuring around 140m x 140m, surrounded by village homes. The … Read more
Located 700m south-southwest of Banteay Ampil temple and 450m south of the ancient East Road, the site features the traces of an ancient temple with a few sandstone and brick fragments and 50m to the east a large basin around 80m x 40m. Images 2021
Located east of Banteay Ampil, along the route of the ancient East Road, a new pagoda/stupa is under construction. 09/22 12/22 12/2024
A small collection of remnants in a shelter near the local school in Samraong Village, Khnar Pou. Images 2021 Images 12/2024
Located just east of Beng Mealea, it’s a small ancient bridge that is still in use today and, quite amazingly, holding up to today’s heavy vehicles. It has been sealed over with bitumen and goes completely unnoticed apart from the locals who live on either side. It’s quite small, only around 13-15 m long and … Read more
Located 800m west of Banteay Ampil temple and just north of the ancient East Road, the site features an array of sandstone fragments, and 200m to the east is a large basin 200m x 110m. According to the decorative style, the site may have dated to around the late 10th or early 11th century. Sandstone … Read more
Beng Mealea (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបឹងមាលា) is one of the ancient Khmer Empires’ larger temple complexes and is located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor Archeological Park along the ancient royal highway that led to Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. According to the architectural style, similar to that of Angkor Wat, it … 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
Prasat Banteay Ampil located some 40km east of Angkor Wat, along the ancient East Road and around 20km east from Chau Srei Vibol Temple. It is incredibly well preserved and is still in its original state, mostly unrestored bar minor preservation works and structural supports. It sits on the north side of the ancient road, … Read more
Also recorded as Chaw Srei Vibol, it is a unique temple site located along the ancient East Royal Road that leads from Angkor to Beng Melea and from there connects to Preah Khan of Kampong Svay and in another direction, Koh Ker, Neak Buos, and Wat Phu. The site was believed to have been constructed … Read more
A small ancient bridge located east of Wat Banteay Kbal Chen along the ancient East Road that leads to Beng Mealea and Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. It is recorded at 25 meters long and 3 meters wide, constructed of laterite with sandstone balustrade, East-West oriented, consisting of ten arches. Images 12/2024 Images 2021 Historical … 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
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
Laterite bridge reported as being 15m x 7m. Location unconfirmed. Noted as being “On the road linking Angkor to Beng Mealea, about 2 km southwest of Beng Mealea and 1.2 km south of the village of Toek Lich”
Remains of a laterite bridge located north-northeast of Koul Thmei village. It sits along an east-west axis, around 25m in length and 8-9m wide. It features remnants of its original sandstone balustrade.
On looking for this bridge we came across a collection of laterite blocks that may or may not have been from the bridge. Speaking to an older local of the area, he remembers the bridge as having collapsed with some of its remnants having been taken away.
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
Laterite bridge (not in use). It’s located 1100m east-northeast of Wat Preah Bat Buon Than and around 150m north of the present-day road.
Only a mound remains
Remains of brick temple that likely pre-dated the 12th century at least, by noting the use of brick alone. It sits 500m north of the ancient East Road, which joined Angkor to Beng Mealea and Preah Khan of Kampong Svay, which is typically a development dated to around the 12th century in terms of its masonry … Read more
Contemporary monastery housing a carved rock depicting Vishnu. Near the monastery are a collection of older sema stones and sandstone remnants. On the north side of the contemporary pagoda, there are several huts, monks’ quarters, the pagoda that preceded the one in use today, and a hall surrounded by a fence, inside this is the … Read more
