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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Dobby Harry Potter Simon Ludlam Ireland United Kingdom
Dobby the house elf peeks around a door, holding a sparkling light
The elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Photograph: Reuters

Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf.

The character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fans of the wizard series come to leave stones reading “Here Lies Dobby” despite being asked not to by the land owner, the National Trust, because the beach is an ecologically sensitive site.

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