The map name “Bonteay Prey Norkor” at Kampong Cham corresponds to the temple complex commonly known as Nokor Bachey, Wat Nokor or Nokor Bachey Temple. It should not be confused with the Banteay Prei temple near Angkor or with similarly named sites in Prey Veng. The coordinates place this entry just outside Kampong Cham city along National Road 7.
The site is celebrated for the encounter between ancient laterite and sandstone enclosures and a later Theravada Buddhist pagoda built within them. Cambodian cultural writing associates the ancient sanctuary with the reign of Jayavarman VII in the late 12th or early 13th century and with Mahayana Buddhist patronage. Some tourism descriptions offer different or broader dates; the visible complex itself confirms multiple phases and reuse rather than a single frozen moment.
