Located along the road that leads to the Kulara Water plant and Wat Preah Ang Choub, Prasat Prohm Tis features a contemporary chedi with a statue of Lok Ta Dambang Dek (Khmer: លោកតាដំបងដែក). On the east side of the grounds is a contemporary Buddhist vihara, demarcated by sema. Lok Ta Dambang Dek, or “Grandfather of … Read more
Wat Bali Damrey Krab, called Wat Chub Toul Peul. Our visit here was in January 2025 with the pagoda still in development.
Located 4km northeast of Wat Tbaeng and 6km or so west of Phnom Kulen, the site features the remains of a late 10th to mid-11th-century brick temple. The site is somewhat special in that it has a person living on site as an ascetic, which is wonderful to encounter. There are a few places, but … Read more
Prasat Leak Neang is a small temple located opposite Pre Rup inside Angkor Archaeological Park. According to an inscription, the building dates from 960 and was built in the era of king Rajendravarman II (reign 944 to 968 AD). The single brick temple has a square base, 4.5 m a side and rises up with … Read more
Tor Temple (Khmer: ប្រាសាទទ), or Prasat To, is located north of Banteay Samre at the edge of what once would have been the East Baray. Three, of what appears to have been four buildings, are still standing and constructed almost entirely from laterite. There are sandstone doorways with two featuring lintels which appear to have … Read more
Banteay Samre, or Banteay Samrae, is perhaps one of the most beautiful of the smaller ancient temple sites almost rivalling the popular Banteay Srei site. It was built in the early 11th century as a Hindu temple under the reign of King Suryavarman II (reign 1113 – c.1150 AD) and later completed by King Yasovarman … Read more
Krol Romeas, or Kraol Romeas, (not to be confused with the site of the same name north of Angkor Thom) which was once the outlet for the long dried-up East Baray. Krol Romeas features two long laterite walls running parallel at 30m apart and each wall has a staircase halfway along that meets a causeway … Read more
Located just north of Phnom Bok, Prasat Leak Neang features a tall square brick temple that was the central tower of what was intended to be a group of three. Fascinatingly, only two sandstone false doors remain standing representing what was the northern tower and the southern tower has no remains. They shared a laterite … Read more
Located at the base of Phnom Bok are the remains of a small square temple brick, open to the east. The doorframe and one column remain standing, along with part of the brick structure whose complete collapse has been averted with the help of tree roots binding what remains. Behind the site is a well, … Read more
Phnom Bok (Khmer: ភ្នំបូក) is a small mountain featuring an ancient temple of the same name that dates back to the 10th century. It is one of the several mountain temples built under the reign of King Yasorvarman, the others being Phnom Bakheng and Phnom Krom to which it shares the same layout and style. … Read more
Located on the grounds of the contemporary monastery, Wat Run, Prasat Run are the remains of a small brick temple square, only part of the base remains to be seen with entry steps showing an opening to the east. A large basin in the north immediately west is a contemporary pagoda featuring beautiful Khmer Buddhist … Read more
Also known as Prasat Banteay Khchorng, it’s a ruinous but incredibly fascinating site with several unique features. It has an outer laterite wall enclosure that is divided into two sections. with one section containing a partially standing group of three brick temples and an eastern section containing unique elongated structures and a unique galleried gopura. … Read more
Partially standing ruins of a brick temple located atop a large hill
A late 9th-century “Yasodharacrama“, or “Hermitage of Yasovarman”, this one dedicated to Shivaism. During the reign of King Yasovarman, several acrama (asrama, ashram, ashrama) for the study of various religious sects were built. The stele carrying the inscription registered under K.279 was revealed by Aymonier in the 18th c and the laterite structure by Trouve … Read more
Laterite bridge, no longer in use and hidden in scrub (2020/21), and located just north of Prasat Tor and one connecting the ancient road from the West Baray dike heading to Phnom Bok. The bridge runs east-west, and you will see a wooden bridge heading north at the road junction, go over that, turn around … Read more
Remnants of a Stele Shelter with inscription registered under K 701. The inscription notes the regulations for the Vishnuite Acrama that was located here. The site underwent excavations in 2016 and 2017 by the Yaçodharâçrama Research Programme which revealed linear base structures of the related buildings. Today, to the casual wanderer, all that is seen … Read more
Banteay Srei Temple (or Prasat Banteay Srey) is one of the most beautiful ancient temples to be found in Asia, set amongst the charming village and farmlands just below the Kulen Mountain range, it features stunning and well-preserved narrated bas-reliefs plus ornate decoration from when craftmanship in the ancient empire was reaching its zenith. The … Read more
Remains of laterite terraces
Origin (on the north slope of Phnom Veak) of a Sumedha hermit (the young Buddha) sculpture that now resides in the Angkor National Museum of Siem Reap.
Located beside the Wat Neak Ku, near to Banteay Srei Temple, the ancient temple at Prasat Ku has long gone and been replaced by a contemporary shrine that is quite beautiful with images of Neang Konghing (Preah Mae Thorani – goddess of the earth from Buddhist mythology) and fronted by two stunning nagas. On either … Read more
