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Monday, August 10Monday, August 10Harry Potter fans have successfully pressured developers to reroute a £430 million power cable between Britain and Ireland after discovering the original plan would disturb a memorial to Dobby, the fictional house elf.
The 190-kilometer Greenlink high-voltage cable, designed to supply energy from Britain to Ireland, was initially set to run between County Wexford in Ireland and Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales. That beach is where Dobby’s death scene in *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part One* (2010) was filmed, and fans have since erected a shrine there, leaving painted stones and socks as tributes. The National Trust, which owns the ecologically sensitive site, had previously allowed the shrine to remain but discouraged fans from leaving items for environmental reasons.
Simon Ludlam, chief executive of advisory firm Etchea Energy, revealed in a recent *Energy Revolution* podcast that the project triggered hundreds of calls from outraged fans after a BBC interview disclosed the cable’s planned route. Ludlam admitted he was initially baffled by the backlash. “He is a fictitious character in a fictitious book, the whole thing’s fictitious, what are you talking about?” he recalled asking a colleague, who insisted the matter was “very, very serious.” The company then worked with planners to adjust the route, ensuring it avoided the memorial. “A lot of people were very happy about that, and the project’s now going and Dobby’s happy,” Ludlam said.
The revised route now passes near actual Bronze Age burial sites, including a fragment of a clay urn dating to roughly 1700–1500 B.C., according to Pembrokeshire planning documents. The cable, which went live in 2025, can power 380,000 homes .
The National Trust had long urged fans to refrain from leaving objects at the site due to its ecological sensitivity, but the memorial persisted. The Greenlink project, a joint venture connecting the British National Grid to Ireland’s network, remains on track despite the detour .
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Harry Potter-rajongók miatt kell arrébb rakni egy tenger alatti kábelt, hogy elkerüljék Dobby, a házimanó sírját Ezért inkább egy valódi, bronzkori temető mellett vezetik el a kábelt.
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