Banteay Top full stop

This farmer watches his water buffalo herd take a dip in the massive baray near Banteay Top

Located a few kilometres north of the village of Thma Puok and fifteen kms from Banteay Chhmar, its much larger sister temple, Banteay Top has its own massive baray and a large moat with two surrounding walls. In its day it was a large temple complex. Its remaining decorative carving on view these days is minimal though it does have its own unique wooden ceiling remnants to admire. If you have time, take a diversion off the road to Banteay Chhmar to take a peek, though I recommend you leave it until you have seen the main temple and try and catch the failing light around sunset time to get the true feel of this remote site.

A look at the temple from the dried moat, with trees doing a good job of obscuring most of the site

Some of the remaining carving to be seen, on the supporting columns for the wooden ceiling in the central tower

A sparsely decorated colonette at the doorway of the central tower

A closer view of three of the remaining towers at Banteay Top