Now in a poor condition this small temple features a Buddhist inscription, dated 791, reign of King Jasovarman I. The photo to the right is from 2004, in 2011 the site was overgrown. There are some picturesque views.

Some 500 m west are the ruins of a much larger site. By the inscriptions it dates 1060, reign of King Udayadityavarman.

The complex plant was badly destroyed. Only the eastern & western inner gate towers & a fire shrine are still standing upright. A hole is yawning where was once the central tower.

The eastern gate tower is adorned with fragments of fine reliefs. As in Kdei Ta Kom picturesque trees are growing at the walls.

Is the biggest in a series of ancient bridges built by King Jayavarman VII where the royal road from Angkor to Phimai crossed the Stueng Phlang. It still features 12 arches.

Prasat Kok O Chrung

Archaeological Map (CAC, Province de Siem Reap, 2007, detail, modified.)

Photo-Album

Follow the national road 15 km west. At Sasar Sdam you turn north. After 20 km on a good laterite road you are in Char Chhuk. After the wat, at a roundabout with a small monument, a new raod runs north. After 3.5 km there is a wooden cabin at the left side, a police station, under a stately tree. Now the road is bumpy, but only for a few hundredd metres, then you see Kdei Ta Kom.

When you follow the new raod again you will see the spean at your left. Ask for a guide to Prasat Kok O Chrung.

Prasat Preah Phnom is located 5 km to the north.

References

AYMONIER 1999, p. 176-181; LAJONQIERE; from these books are the graphs.

Kdei Ta Kom

2004

2011