Also recorded (by Google Maps) as Prasat Wat Prasat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទវត្តប្រាសាទ). It’s an ancient temple site, still surrounded by its original moat, that now features a contemporary pagoda. Remains of the ancient temple are collected beside the pagoda including remnants of a lintel featuring a beautiful trio of elephants supporting an idol likely to have … Read more
Also known as Prasat Banteay Prei, it is located in Angkor Archaeological Park or Siem Reap, north of Preah Khan and just off the Grand Circuit road. First, you’ll find Prasat Prei, and then 100 m further on is the larger Banteay Prei site. The temples were built in the late 12th to early 13th … Read more
Banteay Thom Temple (ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយធំ) is a temple located 15km north of Siem Reap and 10km north of Angkor Wat. It is well outside of the standard tour circuits, the small circuit and grand circuit, and is accessed only by motorbike, bike, or by foot. Banteay Thom Temple is believed to have been built around the … Read more
Also known as Khpob Temple, an overgrown sandstone temple that is enclosed by five or six other brick temples that are mostly collapsed. The site is also surrounded by a moat. Various pedestals, a deposit stone, a stone coffin, and a number of bricks can be seen scattered around the site. The sandstone temple will … Read more
Also known as Lic Prasat (Credit to Peter Kasteiner and Lon Nak). A group of brick temples in complete ruin. The site is located on the bank of the western Siem Reap River in a large uncleared scrub area just southeast of Prasat Sralao. Surrounding the temple site itself has been cleared by someone, at … Read more
Also known as Prasat Neang Kong Rey. Mostly fallen remains of a central brick temple with four annex buildings, an outer enclosure wall with an entrance gopura, and basins in the northeast (according to records). The site retains a large number of remnants including decorated door columns, pedestals, and base molding pieces. The site is … Read more
It is one of the more fascinating and charming remote sites found around Angkor. It is located around 40 mins north of Siem Reap city. The site is not completely cleared but a walking trail leads up the low-rise hill where you will first come across a shelter with an incompleted, but giant, statue of … Read more
Prasat Pongro, also recorded on some maps as Prasat Kor Pong Ro and Kouk Pongro, is a partially standing small brick temple. It opens to the east and while the south and west side are still unexcavated offering support to what remains, the northern wall is cleared exposing the outline of the false door. Sandstone … Read more
Prasat Kok Pongro (Khmer: ប្រាសាទគោកពង្), or Kouk Pongro, is located north of Angkor Thom in Siem Reap. It is a small site with three prasats, two mostly fallen and one completely. It is a brick temple with stone doorways and some stone stairs that can still be seen. The site is reached only by a … Read more
Also known as Sampov (Pr.), Prasat Sampeau (ប្រាសាទសំពៅ) is located 22km north of Siem Reap and 16km north of Angkor Wat. It was built in the era of Jayavarman VII. It is a single lone prasat and is one of the many “firehouses” that lined the original Royal Road that led all the way from … Read more
Also known as Srâlau (Pr.). Prasat Sralao (ប្រាសាទស្រឡៅ) is a remote temple around 20km north-northwest of Siem Reap and 16km from Angkor Wat. The site is quite ruinous but quite interesting at least for those with a keen interest in ancient temple architecture. The site features three brick towers built on a common platform with … Read more
A small laterite building mostly in ruin with a sandstone doorway on the west, false doors and slotted windows on the north and south. The eastern side is overtaken by a tree. It has small basin in the northeast (dry).
Located in Kok Kreul Village, Leang Dai Commune of Siem Reap. An unprepared site, 90 m x 90 m, surrounded by a moat with no standing temple remains. Some excavations appear to have revealed numerous vestiges including many colonette pieces, ornate sandstone blocks, laterite blocks, bricks, mini prasats carved in sandstone, and other fragments. The … Read more
Located in Leang Dei Commune of Angkor Thum district the site features scant remnants of an ancient temple. At one end, an excavated area can be seen with a scattering of bricks, then a linear line of laterite covered in shrub runs eastward for around 30 m seeming to end at a partially cleared area … Read more
Ancient laterite bridge still in use, recorded as 24 m long and 9 m wide. There is a small neak ta shelter housing a remnant but from where is not clear.
Ta Som (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាសោម) is located just east of the Jayatataka Baray inside Angkor Archaeological Park. Whilst being one of the smaller temples it’s still highly recommended to visit. It was built during the 12th century under the reign of Buddhist King Jayavarman VII and you will surely see the likeness to other temples of … Read more
Prasat Tamoch is also recorded as Preah Ko Preah Keo Temple on some maps, Preah Ko also being the name of the village. It features the remains of an ancient brick temple that was surrounded by a moat with a basin to its east. Only the foundations of what may have been two small brick … Read more
Contemporary monastery featuring remnants of an ancient site. A new pagoda is nearing completion (12/22) and nearby a smaller contemporary shrine and older vihara house several remnants of an ancient site including a sandstone bollard carved with a Buddha image and in the older vihara, several sandstone plinths. Note the wooden sema delimiting the sacred … Read more
