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 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 chara

It has been revealed that Harry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they pointed out the project would disturb a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

‘My colleague said “it’s very, very serious”, and it was serious.’

The cable was originally “going to go straight through” the memorial at Freshwater West beach in Wales.

Harry Potter fans’ outcry meant the project to transport energy from the UK to Ireland had to be diverted

Dobby’s final resting place has become a tourist attraction for Harry Potter fans (Picture: Warner Bros./Getty Images) Harry Potter fans have proven there’s clearly power in numbers, as their joint outrage forced the diversion of a multi-million-pound energy project. It has emerged that plans for a £430million Greenlin