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- Hōkūliʻa 16741, 2008
885 hits - Hokukano, 2008
29500 hits
A large platform at Hōkūkano - Hōkūliʻa 16758, 2007
932 hits
A large platform heiau adjacent to the pā of Kalaniopuʻu. - Keolanahihi, 2008
18764 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - A koʻa (or kuʻula) in area 3215, bulldozed
2382 hits
Oddly, the archaeologist from the state Historic Preservation Division visited area 3215 at the urging of some local residents and wrote in a letter that she saw no evidence of upright stones or ceremonial sites there. Note the similarity shape between this upright stone and the one at site 1387. - A small unrecorded ahu with an upright stone in area 3203, just prior to its being bulldozed
2103 hits - Pōhkunui, 2006
1709 hits - Apili, 1990
2412 hits
This may (or may not) be April Heiau, placed by McAllister in the general vicinity of this platform. - A large structure in area 4278, possible still there
2065 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
18744 hits - Manō
1956 hits - Kahuku mauka - Disturbed platform, 2009
1860 hits
In the military training area above Kahuku - Pōhakunui, 2006
2438 hits - Keaiwa Heiau, ʻAiea
2365 hits
The heiau was inaccurately reconstructed by a well-meaning c0mmunity group in the 1950s. Keaiwa is a heiau lapaʻau, a medicinal heiau. - Waipao Heiau, Hālawa
2695 hits
These disturbed stones are all that remains of Waipao Heiau, according to archaeologist Earl Neller. Neller positively identified this as the location of Waipao by matching the present valley ridge contour with the same contour in a photograph taken of the heiau by Arning early in the 20th century. - Halawa85 plat2
2268 hits - 05 11 Halawa85 encl1b
1904 hits - 95 4 Halawa85 encl1a
1629 hits - South Hālawa 85
2270 hits
A large heiau on two levels, defined by faced terraces on three sides and a low wall at the rear. Ti grows at several places on the earth platforms. A large, flat pōhaku sits on the upper platform. The site is being cleared by volunteer crews once a month. - 95 4 Halawa75 Pohaku
1672 hits - Kanahau, 2004
2316 hits
Pōhaku at the site of Kanahau Heiau, perhaps related to the visit of Hiʻiaka and to her attraction to Kanahau. - 97 9 Ku ilioloa2
2230 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
197 hits
Most sources give the name of this unu (heiau) as Kūʻilioloa, but certain Waiʻanae families have passed down an older Kāne name and suggest that it may have been rededicated - like Kāneʻaki. - 93 7 Punana ula1
2818 hits - 93 7 Punana ula2
2812 hits - Pūnanaʻula 2, 1993
167 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula1
2173 hits - Nīoiʻula 1, 1995
223 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula2
2306 hits - 93 7 Punana ula3
2872 hits
An intact heiau, impacted only by cattle and time. Note the "L" incision on the large stone in for foreground. - 95 3 Lualualei1
2239 hits - Lualualei 1, 1995
165 hits
Sites on military land are often in excellent condition. - 95 2 Lualualei2
2136 hits - Lualualei 2, 1995
162 hits
Note the double uprights on the platform, a rare configuration. - 95 2 Lualualei3
2185 hits - 96 2 KumaipoWest
2208 hits - A large structure at Kumaipo.
160 hits - 93 12 LahilahiEast1
2891 hits
ʻAiʻai, son of Kūʻula, was said to have brought the stone from Kahiki to establish this shrine - one of many he set up on all the islands. - Fishing shrine, Waiʻanae
3305 hits
This shrine contained two enclosures and more correctly might be called a heiau because of its size and complexity. Note the small platform in the corner. It is now occupied by a homeless person, who has moved and reconfigured many of the stones. - Koʻa (fishing shrine), 1993
186 hits
A fairly complex structure with a secondary enclosure on the makai side. It held a large head of coral. The shrine is now occupied by a homeless person. - 95 1 Pu uPahe ehe e
2943 hits
A segment of a holua slide at the lower end of Paheʻeheʻe ridge. Its name translates to "slippery," which may refer to the slide. Unfortunately, homes below the structure are taking stones to build walls. - Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe Holua, 1995
176 hits - Pu’upāhe’ehe’e Heiau
3237 hits
The location of Paheʻeheʻe Heiau, now a plantation-era graveyard where former heiau stones may have been "repurposed." A section of ʻiliʻili pavement still remains in the grass to the rear of the graveyard. - Pāheʻeheʻe Unu (heiau), 1995
237 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki1
2837 hits - Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
163 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki2
2798 hits - Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
171 hits - Lualualei, 2002
184 hits - Ukoʻa Kūahu, 2001
1989 hits
An unrecorded shrine at "Ukoa Pond. The upright pōhaku and the large flat pōhaku form an east-west alignment.