Category:Phnom Penh Municipality

Map Keys
	Large Prasats		Arogyasalas
	Large Ruins		Dharmasalas
	Medium Prasats		Ancient Bridges
	Medium Ruins		Ancient Cities
	Medium Tuols		Ancient Kilns
	Small Prasats		Ancient Quarries
	Small Ruins		Ancient Reservoirs
	Small Tuols		Ancient Villages
	Museums		Carvings
	Depositories		Other Structures
	Wats		Prehistoric Sites
	Neak Ta's		Unknown Sites
	Unconfirmed Sites

Apart from the solitary 8th-century tower Prasat Kong Noy, on the Kandal border in the far south of Phnom Penh District, the only standing ancient structure in the Phnom Penh municipal area is the 11th-century shrine housed within the prestigious Buddhist monastery of Wat Ounalom. (The little-known sandstone tower is today largely covered by more recent decoration but is still standing in situ.) Elsewhere, for obvious reasons, ancient sites have suffered serious damage or, more often, been entirely erased, so many of our below listings will be in the 'former site of' vein or perhaps consisting merely of a sandstone artefact in the corner of a wat compound.

Nonetheless, some discernable ancient sites survive in as yet undeveloped fields and gardens in the suburbs - while certain city and suburban monasteries still display traces or artefacts. (A few wats even feature moats from pre-existing structures.) Generally speaking, sites are situated in what would have been better drained and less flood-prone areas of what are today the western and southern suburbs, although Wat Ounalom testifies to the presence of an Angkorian settlement on the site of the present-day riverside capital for at least some 1000 years.

Most suburban sites however are earlier - probable Chenla - and correspond to the city's geographical location between the early Funan sites to the south and subsequent Chenla settlements north of the Tonle Sap as well as northwards along the course of the Mekong River. Ruins aside, the National Museum of Cambodia is a treat for anyone with even the slightest interest in Khmer history.

Also note that because of frequent boundary changes many sites now listed in Phnom Penh may previously have appeared in for instance Kandal Province indexes.