Kuk Nokor temple

10th-11th Century

Kuk Nokor temple is located in Trodork Poung Village, Pong Ror Commune, Taing Kok district, about 79 km from provincial town on the national road 6 and turn right about 2 km. These sanctuaries were built on the flat ground, on a square terrace made of late rite and sandstone facing to the East with the rampart surrounding. This rampart has a 35 m length (East to West) and a 25 m width (North to South). There is surrounding rampart of one meter height and 0.8 meter thick with two gateways (Gopura): Eastern gateway is 9 m height divided into 3 rooms, and western gateway is small and has square shape. East of the temple, there are 2 ponds the small one has about 3-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. Prasat Kuk Nokor was built in 10th-11th century by the king Suryavarman I (1002-1050) in Khleang style, dedicate to Shiva.