politics
Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
TL;DR
- A £430 million power cable between the UK and Ireland was rerouted due to fan protests.
- Fans claimed the cable would desecrate the fictional grave of Dobby the elf from Harry Potter on Freshwater West beach.
- The project manager received hundreds of calls after the cable's planned route was revealed.
- Planners found a new route that avoided the fictional grave but passed close to Bronze Age remains.
- The beach is an ecologically sensitive site, and fans have been leaving stones at the fictional grave despite requests not to.