Temples

Wat Popel

Also recorded as Tra Pheang Paopel Pagoda. To the north is Prasat Popel.

Spean Khmeng (Beng Mealea)

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

Wat Pring

Contemporary monastery and pagoda that retains its older traditional wooden salaa and vihara whilst a new pagoda is under construction (01/23)

Wat Talek

Ccontemporary monastery and pagoda housing remnants of an ancient temple site. Here can see some Buddha statues and sema stone likely from the post-Angkor era and remnants of an ancient site including a Buddhist boundary marker.

Wat Prasat (Stoung, Kampong Thom)

Also recorded as Wat Prasat Svay Chrum, located in Stoung district of Kampong Thom, its a contemporary monastery and pagoda housing remains of an ancient temple site. Ancient remains seen include a lintel and sandstone plinth. The village here is quite beautiful and nearby is the Prasat Ampil Rolom.

Wat Tangyu (Phnom Tbeng)

Also recorded as Wat Tang You and “Rock Top Pagoda”, it’s one of Cambodia’s most unique pagodas, built atop a rock monolith, and a popular hiking area featuring several waterfalls on the eastern side of the massive Phnom Tbeng Meanchey of Preah Vihear. The site is reached via the northeast side of Phnom Tbeng where … Read more

Wat Koulen Promh Tep 

Contemporary monastery with a slightly older style pagoda and a shrine to the legendary local monk of Tbeng mountain, monk Soung (Khmer: សួង).

Wat Srayong

Contemporary monastery and pagoda that features an ancient “mile marker”/boundary stone. According to a local passerby, there were once two and they originate from somewhere far to the northeast of the pagoda.

Laterite gradin

A laterite gradin north of the Koh Ker group, a local commented it was part of or related to an old baray.

Village Vihara

An old-style village prayer hall located east of a river and along the raised route from Koh Ker to Prey Veng village.

Wat Tomnup Thmei (Oddor Meanchey Province)

A contemporary monastery and older style wood columned pagoda under restoration at the time of visiting (01/23). A passable dirt road leads past here that connects to the major north-south arterial to the east, and to the west it connects to Tel Village (Preah Vihear).

Wat Phnom Tel (Srayang)

Located in Preah Vihear province near the border of Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey atop a small mountain (Phnom Tel Khmer: ភ្នំតែល), it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda with an older style wood columned vihara and more modern pagoda that offers superb views across the plains below and to the mountains in the distance. To … Read more

Wat Otakok

Contemporary monastery with an older wooden vihara and new salaa buildings under construction (01/23)

Wat Trapeang Khat

Located in Svay Leu district near the Siem Reap-Preah Vihear border, it’s an older wood-columned vihara with several meditation huts/monks quarters that have recently been refurbished.

Wat Toek Lech 

A contemporary pagoda that is located west of Beng Mealea and near the ancient sites of Kuk Troap, Daun Chan and Ta Phou. On the pagoda’s east side, fragments of a pair of small lions can be seen. It’s possible that they originated from the nearby Prasat Kuk Troap.

Tuol

Square mound appears to be surrounded by a moat with a basin to the north. No remnants were seen.

Wat Koki (North) Temple

Located on the western side of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. Also recorded as Prasat O Chotal Toc on early French maps. It’s the partially standing remains of an ancient temple.

West Gate of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay

The enclosure of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay (PKKS) is massive, featuring four gopura (aka gates or entrance pavilions) at each of its cardinal points. The west gate shares the same layout plan as the north and south gates, here you can also see the grand sandstone causeway, decorated on each side with beautiful repeating … Read more

Prasat

Remains of what appears to be a laterite temple, located on the western side of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay.

Wat Pursat (Siem Reap)

Labelled on Google Maps as Two Pursat Pagoda, it’s a monastery with a relatively new pagoda. A small shrine beside the pagoda houses a number of remnants, some look old, some look ancient, in particular, what looks like the head of Avalokiteshvara. Another two shrines house local folklore icons, Preah Ko Preah Keo and another … Read more

Wat Prey Preah

Contemporary monastery featuring remnants of an ancient site. A new pagoda is nearing completion (12/22) and nearby a smaller contemporary shrine and older vihara house several remnants of an ancient site including a sandstone bollard carved with a Buddha image and in the older vihara, several sandstone plinths. Note the wooden sema delimiting the sacred … Read more

Wat Khmera

Located in Pouk, the grounds are large with many colorful and bright gold stupas. The Vihear is older and contains many murals and porched entrances. Location: Central area of Pouk

Wat Svay Thom

A colorful temple that features outer and inner murals, detailed pediments with Vishnu riding the garuda, and beautiful naga fans that are quite detailed front and back. The roof is also quite unique.

Wat Kong Moch

A smaller peaceful monastery featuring an ornate pagoda with beautifully decorated doors and pediments. The eastern entrance is fronted by two cows, or preah ko, while the western entrance is fronted by pairs of horses and elephants.  The prayer hall beside the pagoda is quite characterful, if you look up around the eaves you can … Read more

Wat Preah Kral

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located atop the southern edge of Phnom Kulen. The site features several stupas along with the natural wonder of the rocky terrain and extraordinary views over the plains below Phnom Kulen. Getting there – the site is accessed by a good road that leads south opposite Kulen Youth Camp from the … Read more

Wat Mechrey

Located in the floodplains of the Tonle Sap Lake, along a canal that leads north off the Sangker River, Wat Mechrey is one of the more characterful and unique pagodas in the wider Siem Reap area. The Pagoda itself is not ancient, perhaps dating the the mid-late 1900s, while it does carry some remnants of … Read more

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