Svay Leu District

Spean Khmeng (Toek Lich)

Laterite bridge reported as being 15m x 7m. Location unconfirmed. Noted as being “On the road linking Angkor to Beng Mealea, about 2 km southwest of Beng Mealea and 1.2 km south of the village of Toek Lich”

Trapeang Run Temple

Reported as a ruinous and overgrown walled laterite temple. (exact location unconfirmed). Note, there are a lot of temples of the same name, see here for more named Trapeang Run.

Chhouk Pring Temple

Ruinous brick temple with laterite base, wall, ‘library’ building (via Cisark). Location estimated and not confirmed.

O Thma Dap (Beng Mealea)

There is a sandstone quarry just north of Prasat Beng Mealea that forms part of a river bed. It is quite fascinating to see where the temple originated and the clear lines of where large blocks of sandstone would have been chiselled. It’s also a nice spot to relax, as many do. This creek continues … Read more

Reach Temple

Ruinous laterite temple, ‘library, wall, large basin in the east, small basin in the north.

Neang Teav Temple

Located near the Siem Reap-Preah Vihear border, in Svay Leu district, Prasat Neang Teav is a group of three brick temple ruins. The site also features a laterite satellite building, maybe it was the “library”, and was surrounded by a moat. A single pedestal is seen although the site is quite overgrown. One of the … Read more

Kroes Prasat

Also known as Tob Temple and signposted as Rup Arak which is a name also given to the temple site further to the west on this same route. It is a single brick temple attributed to the 9th century.    

Preah Ko Temple (Svay Leu)

Located north of Kulen Mountain in the commune of Kantout, the moated 10th-century temple site features the remains of three temples, “library” building, enclosed by a laterite wall with eastern gopura. Three inscriptions were registered from the site. The site is reasonably easy to reach (12/22) with a farm trail leading off the dirt road … Read more

Kroes Thma Bay Kriem

An ancient temple site where all that remains are mounds of bricks, what may be the central well of the temple, and long sandstone plinths. There are two other sites just north in a very similar state.

Roeu Temple

Located on the north side of Phnom Kulen it’s the ruins of an ancient brick temple. The site was heavily overgrown at the time of visiting, just after the rainy season (01/23) with lots of overgrowths still present, the remains can just barely be spotted from the nearby trail. Only the remains of one brick … Read more

Veal Phtei Temple

Also recorded as Phty (Pr.). A recently restored shrine located in the center of Beng Mealea’s baray comprised of a tall column atop of which is a seated Buddha on Naga. An APSARA team restored the shrine with local funding. Image prior to restoration (via information.gov.kh) You can reach the site via a trail leading … Read more

Spean Khmeng (Beng Mealea Village)

Located around 8km east of Beng Mealea temple, it’s a small laterite bridge on the ancient East Road that joined Angkor, Beng Mealea, and Preah Khan of Kampong Svay. It’s only around 5m in length and a typical 7-8m in width. It used a post and lintel style construction, and remnants of a sandstone balustrade … Read more

Spean Yaypon

Laterite bridge with 8 arches and balustrade with naga (not seen), recorded as measuring 30 meters long and 2.8 meters high. As of 2021, the bridge is still in daily use and heavily overgrown on either side, growth which will probably die off during the drier moths. Parts of the balustrade can be seen sitting … Read more

Chop Temple

Also known as Choub Temple or Prasat Job. Located just above a river, sadly there is not much remaining to be seen apart from some part-buried blocks and bricks. Just south is a shallow but wide cave where a kind of pedestal can be seen, see images below.   ប្រាសាទជប់ – ប្រាសាទជប់កសាងអំពីឥដ្ឋប – នះមានលក្ខណៈពិសេសដោយបានកស រភេទនេះជាប្រភេទសំណង់ដ៏កម្រ ដោយ … Read more