Showing posts with label Kampong Thom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kampong Thom. Show all posts

Phum Prasat

Prasat Phum

Located about just off of National Route #6, turn south at the big pagoda arch, 61km west of Skun.

It's pre-Angkorian brick temple in fair condition, still displaying some lintel carvings in good condition. Small shrine set inside the temple.

Date of Construction: 7th century AD (Pre-Angkorian)
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

Prasat Andet

Prasat Andet

Single brick tower in moderately good condition sitting immediately next to a modern pagoda vihear on top of a hill.

Located 27 km west of Kampong Thom town, just off Route #6.

Date of Construction: 6th-7th century AD (Pre-Angkorian)
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

Prasat Kuhak Nokor

Prasat Kuhak Nokor

Located 21km west of Skun, about 2 km off of Route #6 in Trodork Poung Village, Pong Ror Commune, Baray District, Kampong Thom Province and is in the complex of Wat Kuhak Nokor (Buddhist Pagoda).

These sanctuaries were built on the flat ground, on a square terrace made of laterite and sandstone facing to the East with the rampart surrounding. This rampart has a 35m-length (East to West) and a 25m-width (North to South). There is surrounding rampart of one meter height and 0.8 meter thick with two gateways: Eastern gateway is 9m height divided into 3 rooms, and western gateway is small and has square shape.

Prasat Kuhak Nokor

The structures of the buildings are mixed, made of laterite and the decoration of sandstone. East of the temple, there are 2 ponds-the small one has about one-meter depth,45-meter length and 20-meter width, and the big one has 160-meter length, 88-meter width and more than one-meter depth.

Date of Construction: 11th century C.E. (Pre-Angkorian)
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

Prasat Poo-Wee-Ung

Prasat Poo-Wee-Ung

Located about 1 km off of National Route #6, turn north at the pagoda arch, 63.5km west of Skun.

Date of Construction: 7th century AD (Pre-Angkorian)
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

Prasat Te-it

Prasat Te-It
A single sandstone prasat with several fairly well preserved lintels (some on the ground, some still in place) displaying unique pre-Angkorian style carvings.

Located in a schoolyard, about 7 km east of Kampong Thom town and 3 km off Route #6. Not easy to find, but a nice scenic little trip through rural villages on the way in from the main road.

Date of Construction: Pre-Angkorian
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism