Wat Chan Serey
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the east side of the Stung Sen river in Kampong Svay Commune of Kampong Thom.
Kampong Svay District
*Important: Some archaeological sites are approximated to the district level only. For sites outside the cleared tourist areas, you should seek a guide from the local area. Read more
Wat Koh Roka
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west side of the Stung Sen river in Kampong Svay Commune of Kampong Thom. Double-story pagodas can be seen here and there with a lecture hall on the first floor and prayer hall above but this features an unusual ventilation “attic” in between that and the roof.
Wat Kampong Svay
Located on the high ground of the flood plains that surround the Stung Sen River in Kampong Svay, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda of a unique style that is dated to 1931. It features three chedi, or prasat, topping its roof and inside a large collection of Buddhist relics surround the Buddha statue. It … Read more
Wat Spean Krong
Located in the village of Spean Krong, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda featuring ancient relics including a small collection of relics, and two sandstone plinths placed as a sema.
Wat Pou MeanChey
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located along the route to Sambour Prei Kuk. Also recorded as Maha Vipassana Pagoda. At the time of visiting (Dec 2022) the pagoda was undergoing renovation with new murals in the works.
Wat Cheay Sampov
Contemporary monastery and pagoda that features an ancient pedestal fragment at the base of the balan.
Wat Preah Krasang (Kampong Svay)
Contemporary monastery and pagoda featuring remnants from an ancient temple site and from the post-Angkor era including older style stone carved sema.
Wat Ruessei Cheah
A beautiful old contemporary monastery and pagoda that’s under restoration (as of mid-2022)
Wat Prasat Svay Prei
Contemporary monastery and pagoda that houses ancient remains including two lintel fragments, spouted pedestal, decorated door column fragment, and sandstone plinths.
Wat Enteak Komar
Also recorded as Vat Eng Khna, Wat Prasat Noren Enkoma, Neak Vihear, and other names. It is a site where stunning ancient temple remains were found in the 1900s and today features a beautiful old wooden vihara that is demarcated with ornate sema stones. To the east is a large basin. Located north of Kampong … Read more
Wat Bon Ban Dei
A small monastery where the pedestal of an ancient site is also seen with contemporary sema stones surrounding the pagoda. The site is not marked as an ancient site and at the time I wasn’t able to establish the origins of the pedestal. A mystery to solve for the next passerby.
Andet Temple (Kampong Thom)
Prasat Andet, also recorded as Prasat Andaet, is an ancient 7th-century brick temple located on the grounds of a contemporary monastery and pagoda atop a large and high mound which is then surrounded by a moat. Several statues from here including a Harihara statue can be found at the Phnom Penh National Museum. This uniquely … Read more
Angkanh Srah
Remains of an ancient temple site