The 5 Ang's

Vo (left) and the author face the setting sun

The mound with sandstone remains at Ang Pichiva
The inside brick wall at Ang Prum

These are likely to be the most uninspiring pictures I have posted during my temple-hunting adventures! The 5 Ang's that surround the village of Krang Metrei in Kompong Speu povince are nothing to write home about. Five brick prasats, probably pre-Angkorean but almost impossible to tell due to a complete absence of carving at each temple. The prasats are spaced between 200-500 metres apart except for the fifth and final site, at least a kilometre from the others and much nearer the village, where I judged there to have been three brick towers in its hey-day with lots of bricks and a few slabs of sandstone scattered around the ruin. In order of our visits, Vo told me their names were Ang Pichiva, Ang Prum, Ang Kavuth, Ang Yeay Pheang and Ang Sakae. I have no reason to doubt him, though the old French history books indicate the name, possibly of the group of five temples, as Ang Trapeang Prei. Meeting Vo, his family and seeing the temple sites brought an end to my day of exploration in Kompong Speu province.

The ground is littered with bricks around the tower foundations at Ang Kavuth

A fire has burnt off the undergrowth at the mound of Ang Yeay Pheang
The rubble-strewn three tower ruins at Ang Sakae