The Olympic Cauldron has been moved into place at the end of the London 2012 stadium but it will not be visible to people outside.

Organisers say the location is an echo of the position of the cauldron at the 1948 London Games and that it will be visible via big screens at the top of the stadium.

The cauldron, made up of 204 steel pipes and copper petals inscribed with the competing nations’ names, was erected in the centre of the stadium during the opening ceremony on Friday night.

It has now been moved to the south end of the stadium in the place of the giant bell that was rung by Bradley Wiggins during the ceremony.

The moving process took 80 hours, during which time the Olympic Flame was transferred from a miners’ lamp by Austin Playfoot, one of the torchbearers at the 1948 Games, who then lit the cauldron using a London 2012 torch.

Playfoot said: “It was an honour to be asked to perform this important task of relighting the Cauldron in its resting position. When I ran with the Olympic Flame in Guildford I never thought I would get this close to the Cauldron, it brought me to tears when it lit up. It will be an incredible inspiration to the competing athletes here at the heart of the Olympic Park in the stadium.”