Located northeast of Srei Snam, it’s a walled group of three brick temples, mostly in ruin. The site features a laterite outer wall with an entrance gopura on the east and on the west (not sure about the south and north). Wall and Gopura – The east gopura appears as though it would have been … Read more
Located immediately east of Wat Mong, the site today display only a large mound with scant fragments. Historical Notes Translated from French, Inventaire descriptif Monuments du Cambodge, E. Lajonquiere, 1901 Kuk Balang (The Pedestal Mound). It is located approximately 100 meters to the E. of the previous one, and surrounded by a basin-ditch. We find, … Read more
Prasat Kok Mon is another of the many “firehouse” that lined the ancient roads of the Khmer Empire acting as the temple of a larger resting area. Sharing the same basic layout as other “firehouses” this one is constructed of laterite with three sandstone framed windows in its south wall. The temple has several curiosities … Read more
Recorded as Prasat Kre in the 1900s by the French explorer and geographer, Etienne Lunet de Lajonquiere, the site features the remains of a three-brick temple group with an outer laterite wall and moat. Locals know it by Kon Krang or Koun Kreng (Khmer: ប្រាសាទ កូនគ្រែង) as it is recorded likewise on Google Maps. The site … Read more
The site features scant remains today. It is where the French would discover and record an inscribed stele whose whereabouts is today unknown. Historical Notes Translated from French, Inventaire Descriptif Monuments du Cambodge, E. Lajonquiere, 1901 703. Prasat Lich (The Sunken Sanctuary). It is located about 300 meters S. E. of the village of Mong. … Read more
Scattered ruins of what was once a group of nine brick temples. Historical Notes Translated from French, Inventaire descriptif Monuments du Cambodge, E. Lajonquiere, 1901 Prasat Mong. It is located approximately 300 meters N. of Kuk Balang (nº 704), on a very elongated mound, in a N.-S direction. and surrounded by a basin-ditch. There we … Read more
Prasat Preah Khset is located in the beautiful village carrying the same name, Preah Khset, and the site is easy to access but recently become a little overgrown with thorns again (10/2/22). Regardless, it’s a fascinating ancient site. The ruins sprawl far and wide but concentrate beginning with what would have been the entrance gopura. … Read more
Also recorded as Spean Memay measuring 35 meters long and 9 meters wide. There are several bridges sharing the name “khmeng” and “memay”, see more of the ancient road network and bridges here and here. Today, the trail to the site leads around its eastern side whilst a full view of the bridge can be had from its … Read more
Located along the ancient road that led from Angkor all the way to Phimai. This bridge was recorded as measuring 47 meters long and 9 meters wide. See more of the ancient road network and bridges here and here.
A small but charismatic bridge located along the ancient road just south of the larger Spean Po. Recorded as measuring 24 m long. See more of the ancient road network and bridges here and here.
Monastery grounds where remains of an ancient temple, named Prasat Pothi, were found. The remnants lodged were with the National Museum including a bronze head of Shiva. Nearby several other mounds with remains of ancient sites were recorded, they include Prasat Lbeuk, Prasat Top, and Prasat Lich. The remains of ancient temple sites are numerous … Read more
Located in Srei Snam District of Siem Reap province, Wat Moung (Khmer: វត្តទុំមោង) is also recorded as being built atop an ancient temple site. Noting that it sits at the center of several archeological sites. If you check the CISARK site here you can see photos from around the early 2000s of the vihara that … Read more
Contemporary monastery located west of Road 68 in Chrouy Neang Nguon commune of Srei Snam district.
Also recorded as Prasat Don Tei and Daun Tei, it’s the site of an ancient brick temple that was surrounded by a moat. At the site today several remnants can still be seen including a beautiful makara-naga corner piece, a lintel fragment with an image of kala, a pink sandstone pedestal, a small grinding table, … Read more