Temples

Preah Ang Kuhear Pagoda

Also recorded as Preah Kuk Preah Nipean, it’s a contemporary monastery with an old and new pagoda. Also featuring a rock shelter where one can see a reclining Buddha and small shrines. The site is located on a rise of the west bank and overlooks the Mekong river offering beautiful views. The older pagoda is … Read more

Preah Theat (Kampong Svay)

Remains of an ancient site including a mound with scattered bricks, an array of laterite blocks, sandstone plinths, and a sandstone pedestal housed in a shelter. The site is located just north of road 6 and with its shady tree has become a nice spot to stop and take a break from driving.

Kok Prasat Ta Suos

Also known as Toul Ta Sous, it’s located in an alleyway off Lok Taneuy Road on the eastern side of Siem Reap city. The mound retains some sandstone elements, including the top piece of a pedestal, sandstone blocks, a lotus leaf band, laterite blocks, traces of brick, and what may have originally been another pedestal. … Read more

Kôk Prasat Balang

A mound on which we can see the bricks of debris, some laterite blocks, balustrades, a lion fragment of sandstone and a sandstone block

Prei Prasat (Kok Chan Village)

Once a group of three temples aligned north-south and open to the east with moat according to reports, its hard to tell today. What remains is the laterite base structure that is still topped with some of the bricks that would have formed one of the small square brick towers. Sandstone blocks can be seen … Read more

Reachea Temple

Located 180m east of Tuol Bayok and a little over 1km east of Wat Tralaeng Kaeng, Toul Reachea is a Buddhist Terrace/vihara dating back to the Post-Angkorian era of the 15th-19th century and perhaps more precisely around the 16th-17th century of the Longvek-Oudong eras. Along with many other heritage sites, it sits within the ancient … Read more

Smonh Temple

Scant remnants of what was reported as three brick temples with only brick rubble and several laterite blocks remaining to be seen. The site featured a moat and a large basin on its eastern side (Trapeang Smonh).