{"id":36766,"date":"2026-08-10T16:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36766"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:31:25","slug":"harry-potter-fans-succeed-in-moving-construction-project-to-avoid-dobbys-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36766","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; fans succeed in moving construction project to avoid Dobby&#8217;s grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/harry-potter\"><i>Harry Potter<\/i><\/a> fans have succeeded in moving a construction project that would have originally gone through the \u201cgrave\u201d of the character Dobby.<\/p>\n<p>The 125-mile Greenlink power connector, which costs \u00a3430million, is intended to link power between the UK\u2019s National Grid and Ireland, running between County Wexford and Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire.<\/p>\n<p>However, the latter site is known to <i>Potter<\/i> fans as the site of house elf Dobby\u2019s grave in the film <i>Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows<\/i>, and contains a pile of stones with the words \u201chere lies Dobby\u201d that many flock to; fans have been asked not to lay stones by the National Trust, who own the site, due to the beach being an ecologically sensitive site.<\/p>\n<p>It has now been revealed that the cable has now been rerouted after a BBC interview alerted fans, according to project manager Simon Ludlam.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 &amp; 2 | Official Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17ywQS6XO-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did the shot, we finished I went back to London, and they then aired it a couple of weeks later,\u201d he told the <i>Energy Revolution<\/i> podcast. \u201cAnd we got hundreds of calls, I mean hundreds of calls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further recalled: \u201cI said, \u2018Dobby, who\u2019s Dobby? I don\u2019t know Dobby?\u2019 I said: \u2018He\u2019s a fictitious character in a fictitious book, the whole thing is fictitious, what are you talking about?\u2019 [The colleague] said: \u2018No it\u2019s very, very serious\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They then discussed \u201cexactly how to reroute the cable so we wouldn\u2019t go anywhere close to Dobby\u2019s grave\u201d and that now, \u201ca lot of people were very happy about that, and the project is now going [ahead] and Dobby\u2019s happy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, they ended up going \u201cquite close\u201d to real Bronze Age remains, though and \u201cavoided Dobby\u2019s grave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><i>Harry Potter<\/i> is due to return to the screen in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/hbo\">HBO<\/a> series, which will feature newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Also on board are John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall.<\/p>\n<p>However, the cinematographer on the HBO series recently described filming conditions as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/harry-potter-hbo-filming-has-been-brutal-says-cinematographer-3958101\">\u201cbrutal\u201d<\/a> with young actors having strict working schedules.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Potter and the Philosopher&amp;apos;s Stone | Official Teaser | HBO Max\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RIu4sFKGi6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to shoot really fast, and the faster you go, the more you compromise quality,\u201d Adriano Goldman told Andr\u00e9 Pilli on YouTube. \u201cThere\u2019s no way around it, right? Obviously, we have a lot of resources, but it\u2019s brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids\u2019 screen time is really brutal,\u201d he added. \u201cSo the methodology is very specific. You practically have to pre-shoot all the scenes while they\u2019re in class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of its premiere on Christmas Day this year, a trailer for the series was recently released, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/the-trailer-for-the-harry-potter-series-is-already-dividing-fans-it-has-to-try-hard-to-justify-its-existence-3936850\">proved divisive among fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The series has further attracted backlash due to author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/j-k-rowling\">J.K. Rowling<\/a>\u2019s anti-trans views and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/j-k-rowling-doesnt-care-if-transphobic-comments-damage-her-legacy-ill-be-dead-3402122\">hostility towards the trans community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Star Lithgow has admitted he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/dumbledore-actor-considered-quitting-hbo-harry-potter-series-over-j-k-rowlings-anti-trans-views-3935682\">considered quitting the series<\/a> due to backlash over his involvement amid Rowling\u2019s views, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/nick-frost-hits-out-at-j-k-rowling-over-trans-views-following-harry-potter-tv-show-casting-3868529\">Frost has criticised Rowling\u2019s views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the first film in the original series, <i>Harry Potter And The Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/i>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/harry-potter-to-return-to-cinemas-for-25th-anniversary-of-philosophers-stone-3958520\">set to return to cinemas for one week<\/a> later this month to celebrate its 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter fans have succeeded in moving a construction project that would have originally gone through the \u201cgrave\u201d of the character Dobby. 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