Temples

Peung Preah

Rock shelter with ancient carvings. 3 km southeast of Peung Preah Put Kraom

Trapeang Soeng Temple

A group of three almost completely ruined brick and laterite temples, basin in the east.

Kôk Tnaot

While there are no or little remains of an ancient site today, it is reported that excavations revealed fragments of sandstone, brick, and laterite and that the site featured a moat (Cisark). Today contemporary funerary stupas have been placed at the site.

Peung

Cave with carvings

Kroes Don Ev – Ancient Village

Located northeast of Lolei Temple in Prasat Bakong District, it’s a forested area revered as a place of ancient spirit. In Khmer, it is recorded as គោកដូនអែវ – Kouk Don Aev. It’s a peaceful place to stroll through, entered from the east side. In the centre, there are two contemporary shrines, one with a statue … Read more

Srah Damrei (Elephant Pond) of Phnom Kulen

Located atop Phnom Kulen, about 5.5 km southwest of the village of Anlong Thom, Srah Damrei is a group of large animal monoliths carved from the naturally formed sandstone. They include an elephant, two lions, and an unknown figure (some call it a frog), which are all fronted by a bull (Nandin) carved in the … Read more

Peung Put

Large rock with cave and carvings, another 90m to the south slightly north. Location approximate

Ta Phou Temple

Remains of a laterite temple that is curiously built attached to a rock shelter. It appears as it would have opened from the east with sandstone doorways leading to a shrine/balan at the rock face. You can reach the site via the trail that leads around the left of the monastery and follow it north … Read more

Russei Chhlop Temple

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