Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
The elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Photograph: ReutersView image in fullscreenThe elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fans of the wizard series now 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.View image in fullscreenDobby’s ‘grave’ at Freshwater West.
- ▪The elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
- ▪Photograph: ReutersView image in fullscreenThe elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
- ▪Fans of the wizard series now 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.View image in fullscreenDobby’s ‘grave’ at Fr
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The elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Photograph: ReutersView image in fullscreenThe elf Dobby, who was buried on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Photograph: ReutersEnergyHarry 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 beachHelena HortonMon 10 Aug 2026 03.46 EDTLast modified on Mon 10 Aug 2026 03.53 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleHarry 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”…
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