US$580 Million Undersea Power Cable Rerouted to Spare Dobby the House-Elf’s Beachside ‘Grave’
Hundreds of fans complained after the planned route threatened the unofficial Dobby memorial, and engineers moved the 430 million-pound cable away.
- Engineers rerouted the £430 million Greenlink interconnector after Harry Potter fans complained its planned path at Freshwater West would desecrate an unofficial memorial to Dobby, the fictional house-elf from the film series.
- Project manager Simon Ludlam of Etchea Energy initially faced confusion after a BBC interview revealed the cable's landfall; hundreds of fans then contacted the company to protect the site.
- Since the release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' Freshwater West has become a destination for fans leaving painted stones and tributes, though the National Trust warned such items pose environmental risks to the ecologically sensitive coastal site.
- Archaeological work along the revised route uncovered a Bronze Age collared urn dating from about 1700 BC, according to planning documents submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council, with Ludlam noting the route came 'quite close' to the remains.
- The completed 200 km interconnector now links Ireland's electricity network with Britain's National Grid, successfully increasing electricity transfer capacity between the two countries without disturbing the site fans call 'Grave.
88 Articles
88 Articles
Harry Potter's fans moved the route of a new electric cable worth £3 million, which was to be binding on the UK of Ireland, after they complained that it would desecrate "Dobby's grave, a fictitious elf, writes The Guardian.
The Harry Potter universe still has many followers. Now, her protest ensured that the fictitious grave of a particularly popular figure should not be touched. Even if this is why science could be damaged in the real world.
The tomb of the fictional character set up on the beach of Wales where the movie was shot, had to make room for the infrastructure. But the fans were ...
A power line project between Wales and Ireland has been rerouted after Harry Potter fans complained that the construction would disrupt a memorial site for the character Dobby.
The project manager who will link the UK electricity grid with Ireland explains that the layout change was decided upon after receiving hundreds of protest calls
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 49% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
