Wat Phnom (Mongkol Borei)

Also recorded as Wat Kiri/Wat Phnom Prasat. It’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda that also houses relics of an ancient temple (Prasat Phnom Thom). Directly east is the cave of Phnom Thom Cheung. Photos: Red Dot Tour Feb 2022

Wat Po Rieng

A quirky and unusual pagoda located in Ou Prasat Commune of Mongkol Borei District. I dropped by here in Feb 2022 (see Red Dot Tour) although at that time it was still under construction with the seemingly sole monk working tirelessly on the creation of a Walt Disney-style Buddhist pagoda. Dropping by again in August … Read more

O Prasat Cheung Temple

A brick mound on which found a decorative pedestal fragment sandstone laterite blocks and fragments of sandstone; surrounded by a moat.

O Prasat Tbong Temple

A brick mound on which one can see the foundations of a laterite temple, pedestals, fragments of sandstone and shelter Neak Ta. Surrounded by a moat with a basin nearby.

Thngan Tret

Small rise surrounded by a moat. No vestige apparent. (report: Cisark)

Phnom Thom (Mongkol Borei)

Cave where different archaeological remains were found inc. pedestals, representations of Ganesha, and a recorded inscription entry, K 1049 (Report: Cisark). The mountain itself is heavily mined on its other sides (05/02/22) to the point it has completely gone while the cave site appears to be protected although seemingly unkept at the time which is … Read more