Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in central Battambang on the east side of the Sangker River (or Sangkae if you like) a block north of the central market. It’s built in the traditional Battambang style of the mid-late 1900s. It features an ornate and eye-catching entrance gate, that gleams when hit by the setting sun. … Read more
A large temple complex featuring a square sandstone temple with two library buildings, an outer enclosure with vaulted galleries and pavilions, another enclosure with permanent basins, and entrance gopura on the east and west. The temple was built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th or early 13th century. It is … Read more
Located just north of the much larger Spean Toap and to the east of Prohm Kel Temple, Spean Tbong is a laterite bridge with 13 arches recorded as measuring 43 m long and 9.5 m wide.
Laterite bridge featuring 15 arches and recorded as measuring 92 m long and 9.5 m wide. It is located less than two hundred meters south of the much larger Spean Toap and the two are connected in some way by a linear line of laterite blocks between the two bridges that are seen on the … Read more
Also known as Wat Nokor, the ancient site features a double enclosure, a naga balustrade on the eastern entrance, a galleried enclosure containing a further galleried enclosure that contains the cruciform-shaped central temple, and two libraries. It features an immense amount of artwork, some quite unique in the context of its. Perhaps its most unique … Read more
Unknown. Site has recently been cleared but remains unnamed. It sits atop a large raised mound where scattered laterite, brick and sandstone rubble, and several decayed pedestals can be seen including a pedestal with an octagonal center.
Contemporary monastery that may have been built on an ancient site.
A ruinous brick temple that sits atop an elongated laterite base. Originally it was believed to have had three towers but only one remains partially standing today. Nearby are the scenic and spectacular rock carvings of Peung Moha Ey Say. In front of the site, there is a large exposed section of natural bedrock that … Read more
The island at the center of the large baray featuring the remains of a sandstone cruciform temple with some decorative elements preserved including carvings of deity and ascetics. The site is mostly ruinous but also featured two library buildings, a laterite enclosure wall, a moat, and then an earthen embankment where it meets the waters … Read more
Partially standing remains of a cruciform-shaped sandstone temple that featured a “library” building and outer enclosure wall.
Located around 740m west of Prasat Ta Naem and almost 1km west of the outer enclosure of Banteay Chhmar temple, Samnang Ta Sok temple is one of best preserved of the eight satellite temples. It sits along the east west axis of the main temple and entered from the east by a earthen causeway, in … Read more
A single sandstone temple, library building, and outer enclosure wall with entrances on the east (main) and west (lesser). It is one of the inner satellite temples that surround the grand temple of Banteay Chhmar. Further to the west is Prasat Samnang Ta Sok. The superstructure of the temple is only partially standing on all … Read more
Remains of a sandstone cruciform temple, with library building, and laterite outer enclosure wall with entrance pavilions on the east and west. Of all Banteay Chhmar’s satellite temples this is perhaps the most ruinous with only one lower section of the wall with a doorway remaining upright along with the doorframe of the entrance pavilion.
Remains of a cruciform sandstone temple, with library building, outer laterite wall, moat, and another outer enclosure wall. There’s also a small basin. The site is almost completely in ruin bar parts of the outer laterite wall, and some walls of the central temple and eastern entrance pavilion.
Partially standing remains of a laterite temple that was a cruciform shape with a small library building, outer wall, moat, and remains of a further enclosure wall.
Located on the western side of Beng Mealea’s baray, or Rahal Baray as early French archeologists recorded it, is a very large cruciform sandstone terrace that connects to the eastern entrance of Beng Mealea via a bollarded causeway. At a guess, it is around 70 m long on its east-west axis and 40m wide in … Read more
Also known as Prasat Phnom Sandok. It is a remote site but quite an incredible site, not only for its incredible location and its size but also for being one of the most important sites in the ancient Khmer empire due to its fascinating inscriptions. Whilst it’s not the easiest site to reach presently (01/23), … Read more
Located north of Prey Veng village and south of Tel Village in Preah Vihear province, Prasat Kon Chen (also known as Pr. Kon Chin) is a small temple site related to the nearby grand temple of Phnom Sandak. It’s a building type that the French researchers from the early 1900s would label “Palais” and features … Read more
