Remains of a laterite temple with “library” and outer enclosure. The site is very easy to access being close by to road 62. As mentioned it is a walled site that featured a large entrance gopura on its east side with tall central temple that unusually opened on all four sides along with showing signs … Read more
Remains of an ancient laterite terrace, with one tier, square in shape and about 5m per side. Near the site, there appears a sandstone pedestal albeit seemingly crudely finished or perhaps very decayed. Today, the site is located inside the grounds of the primary school nearby the road that eventually leads to Ta Seng village. … Read more
Located just west of the village of Svay Damnak Thmei in Rovieng District of Preah Vihear, Svay Damnak is the curious remains of an ancient temple site. But what type of temple? The site features a .5m tall laterite terrace around 25 m long on its east-west axis and around 18 m or a bit … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda that retains its older traditional wooden salaa and vihara whilst a new pagoda is under construction (01/23)
Contemporary monastery and pagoda housing a seemingly ancient boundary marker
A small contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the village of Svay Damnak Thmei in Rovieng District of Preah Vihear. The monastery houses a collection of ancient artifacts including boundary markers that would at first appearances date to around the 12-13th century. At the time of visiting we were unable to determine from where they … Read more
Ccontemporary monastery and pagoda housing remnants of an ancient temple site. Here can see some Buddha statues and sema stone likely from the post-Angkor era and remnants of an ancient site including a Buddhist boundary marker.