Tuol Svay Chum

Located south of the ancient road that led from Angkor to Phimai, and southeast of Spean Thma, a large square basin and moated mound can be seen. Inside the moated mound are traces of brick, by appearances pre-10th century, which may concur with the square rather than elongated basin. In the drone shot below, you … Read more

Prasat Thpong

Located on the site of Wat Kralanh, a contemporary monastery whose pagoda is built around the remnants of the ancient temple site. Formerly a group of three brick temples, one small part of a tower wall can be seen standing at the rear of the pagodas platform, which is interestingly formed of laterite. From Lunet … Read more

Snay La-â Temple

Also known as Baymet, Baymat, or Baimiet Temple (same as the name of the village). Wrapped in thorny overgrowth it’s difficult to determine much about its layout (06/21) bar sneaking a peek through to see a false door on one side, an entry on the other, and an array of tumbled laterite pieces. Cisark notes … Read more

Spean Thma (Ta Saom Commune)

Laterite bridge with at least 4 arches. It measures around 9 meters long and 5-6 meters wide. 160m north of here is Spean Thma Thom and 1.6km to the south along the old road is Spean Chambok. Images: March 2025

Spean Thmâ

Laterite bridge with at least 4 arches. It measures 10 meters long and 6 meters wide.

Spean Chambok

Laterite bridge with at least 7 visible arches. It measures 16 meters long and around 6 meters wide. The bridge is easy to reach, and north of here, following the old road, are traces of a temple site, and two more bridges before connecting back to the main sealed road.

Spean Thma Thom (Ta Soam Commune)

Located along the road that led from Angkor to Phimai, Spean Thma Thom is a laterite bridge recorded to be around 40 meters long and 6 meters wide. A short way to the south is a smaller bridge also known as Spean Thma. Unfortunately, the raised earth section of road that would have joined the … Read more