It's sixteen metres long and made of portland stone. The Southwark Needle on London Bridge blends in with the environment to the point where it is easy to walk by barely noticing it among the tall buildings that surround it. What's the point? Well it marks the approximate spot where the heads of executed traitors were dipped in tar and impaled on tall spikes. A delightful 16th century custom.
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