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- Hōkūliʻa 16741, 2008
916 hits - Hokukano, 2008
29768 hits
A large platform at Hōkūkano - Hōkūliʻa 16758, 2007
963 hits
A large platform heiau adjacent to the pā of Kalaniopuʻu. - Keolanahihi, 2008
18915 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - A koʻa (or kuʻula) in area 3215, bulldozed
2412 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
2133 hits - Pōhkunui, 2006
1735 hits - Apili, 1990
2440 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
2095 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
18865 hits - Manō
1986 hits - Kahuku mauka - Disturbed platform, 2009
1881 hits
In the military training area above Kahuku - Pōhakunui, 2006
2473 hits - Keaiwa Heiau, ʻAiea
2402 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
2747 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
2314 hits - 05 11 Halawa85 encl1b
1937 hits - 95 4 Halawa85 encl1a
1660 hits - South Hālawa 85
2313 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
1706 hits - Kanahau, 2004
2352 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
2262 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
218 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
2845 hits - 93 7 Punana ula2
2840 hits - Pūnanaʻula 2, 1993
191 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula1
2203 hits - Nīoiʻula 1, 1995
255 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula2
2337 hits - 93 7 Punana ula3
2904 hits
An intact heiau, impacted only by cattle and time. Note the "L" incision on the large stone in for foreground. - 95 3 Lualualei1
2272 hits - Lualualei 1, 1995
186 hits
Sites on military land are often in excellent condition. - 95 2 Lualualei2
2165 hits - Lualualei 2, 1995
184 hits
Note the double uprights on the platform, a rare configuration. - 95 2 Lualualei3
2217 hits - 96 2 KumaipoWest
2239 hits - A large structure at Kumaipo.
179 hits - 93 12 LahilahiEast1
2922 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
3357 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
205 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
2976 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
197 hits - Pu’upāhe’ehe’e Heiau
3287 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
268 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki1
2864 hits - Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
184 hits - 91 10 Kaneaki2
2828 hits - Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
193 hits - Lualualei, 2002
205 hits - Ukoʻa Kūahu, 2001
2012 hits
An unrecorded shrine at "Ukoa Pond. The upright pōhaku and the large flat pōhaku form an east-west alignment.