Location:
14.6372846,100.4128578 = 14°38'14.2"N 100°24'46.3"E
About 8 km by road (3064) north-west of Ang Thong town, about 200 m off main road. Visible from kilometers away. No public transport I know of.
Name: Tha It = brick port
View from main road (3064):
I don't know of any similar building. Wat Dhammamongkon (Bangkok Sukhumvit 101 or 101/1) is closest (a truncated 4-sided pyramid with a chedi on top, Wat Tha It is a truncated 8-sided pyramid with a chedi on top).
The building (พระธาตุเจดีย์ศรีโพธิ์ทอง) was open, I climbed up to the 11th floor. View of Ubosot from above:
Eleventh floor inside:
View of Wat Muang from 11th floor of Wat Tha It:
For aerial pictures of Wat Tha It, see here:
http://aerial-tour.blogspot.com/2011/05/1-4-54.html
Further reading:
http://www.simandan.com/?p=11551
Wat Khun Inthapramun (วัดขุนอินทประมูน) is less than 2 km away and has the second longest reclining Buddha of Thailand (50 m; longest is in Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang 53 m; Wat Po is third longest with 46 m; there is a lot of wrong information about this on the internet). Was on my list of places to visit, but Noke told me it's too far away.
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