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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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[-] turdas@suppo.fi 112 points 3 hours ago

Fans of the wizard series 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.

But apparently not so ecologically sensitive that an undersea cable couldn't run through it.

[-] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 105 points 3 hours ago

You only have to lay a cable down once and it'll work for however many decades. People trudging through on a regular basis to leave rocks would be an ongoing concern.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago

My ignorance is as valid as the knowledge of experts.

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