Banteay Meanchey Province
Banteay Meanchey Province is located in the north-west of the country bordering with Thailand. The capital city of the province is Sisophon while the most visited city in the province is Poipet due only to being the location of main land border crossing into Thailand.
Popular attractions in the province include Banteay Chhmar Temple, Ang Tropeang Thmor, Banteay Neang, Banteay Torp, Kang Va Basin, La Ang Phnom Touch, Phnom Bak, Phnom Chuncheang, Phnom Svay, and Ang Tra Peang Thmor.
Unknown Neak Ta
A small Neak Ta shelter housing an ancient door frame column piece and a few other remnants of a temple site that has apparently long gone.
Unknown Neak Ta
A small Neak Ta shelter houses a very small piece of a window column belonging to an ancient temple. Which temple? That much I have no idea, perhaps there is more to be seen when water levels drop.
Mebon (Banteay Chhmar)
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
Prasat Ta Phlang
Partially standing remains of a cruciform-shaped sandstone temple that featured a “library” building and outer enclosure wall.
Prasat Samnang Ta Sok
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
Prasat Ta Naem
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
Prasat Yeay Kom
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.
Prasat Ta Im
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.
Yeay Chou
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.
Ta Chey Temple
Remains of a brick temple with moat and basin in the east. (source: Cisark)
Spean Sreng
Site of a large ancient bridge where today only a couple of decayed sandstone pieces remain.
Phnom Srok
An ancient moated city, now the capital of Phnom Srok district. The outer moat surrounding the city is a little more than 1 km wide and just under 1km tall now enclosing contemporary Khmer life inc. residences, businesses, and schools etc.. There are few ancient remains to be seen bar the Preah Srok site, the … Read more
Spean Thnâl Dach
Laterite bridge (location estimated – cisark notes as destroyed)
Kok Phnov
Mound with laterite base seen.
Tuol Yeay Bun Temple
A brick mound on which were found a few blocks of laterite and sandstone, surrounded by a moat.
Tuol Kaong Kang Temple
A brick mound on which were found a few blocks of laterite, surrounded by a moat.
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.
Khlaeng Kong
A brick mound on which were found fragments of sandstone and laterite few blocks, surrounded by a moat.