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- Hōkūliʻa 16741, 2008
912 hits - Hokukano, 2008
29758 hits
A large platform at Hōkūkano - Hōkūliʻa 16758, 2007
961 hits
A large platform heiau adjacent to the pā of Kalaniopuʻu. - Keolanahihi, 2008
18908 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - A koʻa (or kuʻula) in area 3215, bulldozed
2408 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
2131 hits - Pōhkunui, 2006
1732 hits - Apili, 1990
2438 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
2093 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
18860 hits - Manō
1983 hits - Kahuku mauka - Disturbed platform, 2009
1880 hits
In the military training area above Kahuku - Pōhakunui, 2006
2470 hits - Keaiwa Heiau, ʻAiea
2400 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
2741 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
2311 hits - 05 11 Halawa85 encl1b
1935 hits - 95 4 Halawa85 encl1a
1659 hits - South Hālawa 85
2311 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
1704 hits - Kanahau, 2004
2349 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
2259 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
215 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
2842 hits - 93 7 Punana ula2
2838 hits - Pūnanaʻula 2, 1993
188 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula1
2199 hits - Nīoiʻula 1, 1995
252 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula2
2333 hits - 93 7 Punana ula3
2901 hits
An intact heiau, impacted only by cattle and time. Note the "L" incision on the large stone in for foreground. - 95 3 Lualualei1
2269 hits - Lualualei 1, 1995
182 hits
Sites on military land are often in excellent condition. - 95 2 Lualualei2
2161 hits - Lualualei 2, 1995
181 hits
Note the double uprights on the platform, a rare configuration. - 95 2 Lualualei3
2213 hits - 96 2 KumaipoWest
2235 hits - A large structure at Kumaipo.
177 hits - 93 12 LahilahiEast1
2918 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
3350 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
203 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
2972 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
195 hits - Pu’upāhe’ehe’e Heiau
3279 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
267 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki1
2861 hits - Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
181 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki2
2825 hits - Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
190 hits - Lualualei, 2002
202 hits - Ukoʻa Kūahu, 2001
2009 hits
An unrecorded shrine at "Ukoa Pond. The upright pōhaku and the large flat pōhaku form an east-west alignment.