Temples
Tuol Cham Temple
Remnants of an ancient brick temple uncovered in the 1930s
Prei Prasat (Romdoah Srae, Choam Khsant)
Located around 7km south of Choam Khsant village, Prei Prasat is surrounded by forest and a developing farming area. The partly standing temple (uncleared as of 02/23) features a single central shrine flanked by libraries all enclosed by a laterite wall with remnants on an entrance gopura on the east. Navigating around the trees, you … Read more
Toul Vihear (Srayov Commune)
Located just south of RN 6 on the road that leads to Kampong Leang, Toul Vihear was a site where remains of an ancient temple were recorded. To the east, the large basin of the ancient site is still functioning well. Those remains included laterite and brick, along with window columns, doorframe, and the sandstone … Read more
Don Mae Temple
A laterite tower with a large basin in the east. A colonette piece and sandstone plinths can be seen. Gallery The site can be reached from the north, east and south (a dirt road off the RN6 and follow a narrow trail along levee banks). The eastern path can be blocked by water during rice … Read more
Wat Phnum Kuk
Located around 15km south of the RN 6 in Krakor District of Pursat Province is Wat Phnum Kuk also recorded as Phnom Kuk. It is an active monastery and contemporary pagoda located at the eastern foot of a 17km long mountain range. The area is gated and normally closed although the monk was happy for … Read more
Pô Noreay (N.T.)
Location of remains of an ancient site
Wat Preah Houch
A small pagoda housing several relics of an ancient site including a Buddhist chaitya/boundary marker and several pedestals.
Preah Theat (Prasat Village)
Remains of a laterite temple
Ampil Thvear Temple
Remains of a brick temple located 200 m south of Kuk Ampil Thvear
Wat Po Meanbon
Contemporary monastery and pagoda
Preah Theat Muoy
Location of an ancient site with little remaining of a brick temple
Wat Chi Kreang
Also recorded as Wat Chikreng, and Prasat Chikreng, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda that hosts an array of remains from ancient temple sites. The ancient remnants presented at the site, and the wider area, have a heritage in the 10th-11th century and also from sometime around the 18-19th century, perhaps earlier, noting historical images … Read more
Wat Kakoh (Santuk)
Buddhist monastery housing ancient remains including inscribed stele (registered under K. 146), sema stone, lintels, and pedestals. The pagoda is quite unusual formed in a cross rising up on a double-tiered platform with its doors boarded shut, hopefully in lieu of restoration works. On the east side of the pagoda are two shelters containing relics … Read more
Wat Monthien
A contemporary monastery and pagoda located atop a small rise that runs parallel to the road to Kampong Khleang. According to reports (cisark), a fragment of an inscribed sema stone was found here.
Wat Prasat Andaet (Komar Village – Kampong Cham)
Located on the grounds of a contemporary monastery, the ancient moat still surrounds the site where a pagoda has been built adjacent to the ancient remains. The remains of the ancient site, originally a brick temple, were at some point rearranged into a vihara and you can still see the elongated arrangement of laterite blocks … Read more
Phnom Bei
Sandstone quarry located in the area from the northwest corner of Prasat Beng Mealea at the foot of the Phnom Kulen.
Phnom Kampong Trach
A series of caves in scenic attraction area, one small cave housed an ancient linga of 1 meter high and one cut in a stalagmite (Parmentier, 1913)