A small museum housing interesting remnants from the Angkor Borei area. The museum may be locked but ask around as the caretaker is likely nearby and more than happy to open up. The museum also features some informative maps and overviews of archaeological work that’s taken place over the years, produced in tandem with the … Read more
The ancient citadel of Angkor Borei, quite incredibly, features a wall whose remnants can still easily be visited and witnessed. The wall is made of fired brick and then supplanted with earth that was dredged to form a moat on the wall’s outer perimeter. There are several places to see exposed sections of the wall, … Read more
Located on the slopes of Phnom Da the sanctuary is built on a narrow rock platform with its rear facade almost against the hill. Asram Maha Rosei is made up of a central cella, 2 meters per side, surrounded on all four sides by a corridor 70 cm wide on average, which is lit by … Read more
Located atop the mountain, south of Ta Nhean East Temple, are the remains of a rectangular brick temple. The temple is only standing in part, rectangular, and perhaps once was similar to the temple lower down the mountain, with all the overgrowth and lack of remains it’s hard to know much else. There is a … Read more
Located around 50 km south of Phnom Penh, it was originally a group of three brick temples, surrounded by a moat and enclosure wall, of which two remain mostly standing. They were built during the 10th century under the reign of King Jayavarman IV and dedicated to Vishnu. Today, they are located in the monastery … Read more
Located atop the mountain of the same name, Prasat Phnom Bayang features a large temple complex located atop a small plateau high up on the mountain, Phnom Bayang. Not only spectacular for its amazing location, architecture, and artwork, the site also provides an array of ancient inscriptions revealing its importance from the 7th century through … Read more
Phnom Chisor is a popular ancient temple and contemporary monastery site located around 50 km south of Phnom Penh in Takeo Province, Cambodia. The ancient temple is quite large and wonderous, built on the hillside with a spectacular staircase that leads down to two entrance pavilions down on the plains below with the outer pavilion … Read more
Located atop the mountain in the ancient area of Angkor Borei, Prasat Phnom Da is a well-preserved brick temple. Whilst the Angkor Borei area and several remains here, including the caves sites, date back to the Funan era of the 1st to 6th century, the temple we see today was constructed around the 11th century … Read more
Located atop Phnom Tamao, and also recorded as Tamao Mountain Temple, the site features the remains of a brick temple that was once a pair of temples. The remaining brick temple has a contemporary monastery built around it and with the characterful landscape of rocky boulders and views over the plains, it’s a small but … Read more
The large and tall ancient brick temple here conceals a spectacular rock formation that acts as the linga of the temple. Only the front wall of the temple remains standing with the inside protected by an additional tin roof. Outside the temple, the original lintel can be seen depicting Shiva and featuring female deities, Ganesha … Read more
Located along the same trail that leads to Phnom Bayang Temple are the remains of Prasat Preah Ko. It’s a small square brick temple that had a laterite forebody extending its eastern entrance. The square temple features strongly emphasized pilasters and pediments and while opening to the east, its doorframe is no longer seen. Around … Read more
Also known as Ta Nhean East, it’s a rectangular brick temple located atop the Phnom Bayang mountain range at Kirivong, Takeo. The ancient temple is met by a short walk up the mountain, passing spectacular views that are also overlooked by ancient gods old and new. It’s a quite large brick temple, opening to the … Read more
A large temple complex featuring a square sandstone temple with two library buildings, an outer enclosure with vaulted galleries and pavilions, another enclosure with permanent basins, and entrance gopura on the east and west. The temple was built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th or early 13th century. It is … Read more
Surrounded by a moat that is unusually accessed from the west, are the partially standing remains of a rectangular brick temple that is today flanked by a pagoda and monastery. It’s also called Choub Poul Temple of Wat Baray. The brick temple is a little unusual in that it is a rectangular construction and devoid … Read more
Also recorded as Wat Kampeng, located behind the monastery’s pagoda is an ancient square brick temple on a raised laterite base tightly surrounded by funerary stupas. The brick temple opens to the east with a short forebody with a sandstone doorframe where remnants of round brick columns are seen flanking the doorway which also has … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the river bank of Angkor Borei. A seated Buddha statue was removed from the pagoda here and now resides in the Phnom Penh National Museum. According to Nancy Dowling’s study, the statue likely dates to 660-665 AD. The statue was lacquered which, researchers discovered had taken place in four … Read more
Also recorded as Vat Koh, it’s a contemporary pagoda surrounded by the remaining section of a moat making for quite a sight.
Another important site located in the Angkor Borei area, is archaeologically famed for the discovery of an ancient burial site with remains dated between 200 BC and 200 AD. The site today features a contemporary pagoda and a recently constructed shrine in Angkorian style, even making use of laterite which looks quite nice. Most fascinating … Read more
On the northeastern side of Phnom Da is a small contemporary pagoda and functioning monastery and the lower ancient cave. To the east is a large basin and just south is the monk’s quarters and dining hall/sermon hall. Several shale sandstone remnants of the ancient temple can be seen surrounding the pagoda and cave which … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda and provenance of an inscribed stele registered under K. 27 which is stored at the nearby Angkor Borei Museum. The contemporary pagoda we see today retains fragments of its important post and pre-Angkorian era heritage with sandstone pedestals implanted and used to demarcate the pagoda itself. Historical Images The images below … Read more
A contemporary monastery and pagoda that was believed to be constructed upon the location of an ancient temple site. The pagoda we see today may be around 50-60 years old at a guess.
Located just north of Ta Prohm Temple of Tonle Bati, Prasat Yeay Pow as it is also known, is a single sandstone temple on the monastery grounds of Wat Bati. The square temple opens to the east with a slightly narrower forebody extending its length by half-as-much again and further extended by bold sandstone pilasters … Read more