Ha y
Potte
fa s
e oute
£430m
powe
li k
betwee
UK,
I ela d.
Ha y
Potte
fa s
have
successfully
fo ced
a
cha ge
i
the
oute
of
a
£430
millio
powe
li k
betwee
the
UK
a d
I ela d
afte
aisi g
co ce s
that
the
p oject
could
distu b
the
fictio al
memo ial
of
beloved
house-elf
Dobby
at
a
Welsh
beach.The
G ee li k
i te co ecto ,
a
125-mile
u de sea
cable
li ki g
I ela d’s
Cou ty
Wexfo d
with
F eshwate
West
i
Wales,
was
i itially
pla ed
to
pass
th ough
the
spot
whe e
Dobby’s
death
was
filmed
fo
the
Ha y
Potte
films.Howeve ,
the
p oject’s
oute
was
late
alte ed
followi g
a
se ies
of
complai ts
f om
fa s.P oject
ma age
Simo
Ludlam
said
his
fi m
eceived
“hu d eds
of
calls”
followi g
a
BBC
i te view
evealed
whe e
the
cable
was
expected
to
come
asho e.
A
colleague
told
him
that
the
pla ed
oute
would
go
“st aight
th ough
Dobby’s
g ave”.Ludlam,
who
admitted
he
i itially
did
ot
k ow
who
Dobby
was,
said
he
was
puzzled
by
the
eactio .
“He’s
a
fictitious
cha acte
i
a
fictitious
book,
the
whole
thi g
is
fictitious,”
he
ecalled
telli g
a
colleague.Howeve ,
afte
bei g
told
the
issue
was
“ve y,
ve y
se ious”,
pla e s
we e
asked
to
fi d
a
alte ative
oute
that
would
avoid
the
memo ial.
Dobby’s
‘g ave’
d aws
Potte
fa s
F eshwate
West,
i
Pemb okeshi e,
became
a
pilg image
spot
fo
Ha y
Potte
fa s
afte
Dobby’s
death
sce e
was
filmed
the e
fo
Ha y
Potte
a d
the
Deathly
Hallows:
Pa t
1.Fa s
have
si ce
c eated
a
makeshift
memo ial
usi g
pebbles
i sc ibed
with
messages
fo
the
cha acte .
Visito s
f om
a ou d
the
wo ld
have
t avelled
to
the
beach
to
pay
t ibute
to
the
fictio al
elf.Local
tou ism
advocates
have
also
highlighted
the
memo ial’s
ole
i
att acti g
visito s
to
Pemb okeshi e,
whe e
tou ism
is
a
majo
co t ibuto
to
the
local
eco omy.
Cable
avoids
Dobby,
ea s
B o ze
Age
emai s
The
evised
oute
has
ot
come
without
complicatio s.
Ludlam
said
the
cable
ow
passes
“quite
close”
to
ge ui e
B o ze
Age
a chaeological
emai s.Pla i g
docume ts
cited
by
the
BBC
said
a chaeological
t e ches
ea
the
cable
oute
co tai ed
the
im
of
a
i ve ted
potte y
vessel
believed
to
be
a
B o ze
Age
colla ed
u
dati g
to
a ou d
1700-1500
BC
a d
typically
associated
with
huma
bu ial.Despite
the
a chaeological
co ce s,
Ludlam
said
the
p oject
team
ma aged
to
avoid
Dobby’s
memo ial.“A
lot
of
people
we e
ve y
happy
about
that,
a d
the
p oject
is
ow
goi g
(ahead)
a d
Dobby’s
happy,”
he
said.
Memo ial
su vived
ea lie
co t ove sy
The
cable
dive sio
is
ot
the
fi st
time
fa s
have
allied
to
p otect
Dobby’s
memo ial.
I
2022,
the
Natio al
T ust,
which
ow s
the
la d,
ag eed
to
allow
the
makeshift
t ibute
to
emai
afte
a
co sultatio .Howeve ,
fa s
we e
u ged
ot
to
leave
souve i s
such
as
socks
at
the
site
because
F eshwate
West
is
a
e vi o me tally
se sitive
beach.I
the
Ha y
Potte
sto y,
Dobby
gai s
his
f eedom
f om
magical
se vitude
whe
give
a
item
of
clothi g,
maki g
socks
a
popula
t ibute
amo g
fa s.
