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- Pōhakuloa, 2001
204 hits
This pōhaku lies in Waialua but its story is connected with Mākua in Waiʻanae. It is a monster that Hiʻiaka defeated and threw over the mountain, to land here. - Corner of a structure, Keaʻau, 2018
210 hits - Marae at Keaʻau, 2018
216 hits
Used as a teaching place according to local families with ancestral ties to the area. They hope to restore it and use it again for that purpose. - Pohaku O Kauaʻi at Kaʻena, 2008
210 hits
Note the monk seal, lower right - Mokaʻena Unu, 1993
208 hits
Local families refer to heiau of three terraces (such as Kamaileunu) as unu. Large stones on three of its terraces form a clear alignment pointing in an east or northeast direction. - Structure at Kaʻena, 2000
223 hits
A habitation. Note the layer of discarded shells (midden) and charcoal in the sand below the stones. - Punamanō, Kahuku, 2018
181 hits
Punamanō is a pond a little mauka from this pōhaku, but an elderly Kahuku resident heard stories as a child of an underground connection between the pond and pōhaku, and of a woman who used to make the passage. - 95-1 Kawaewae 4
1775 hits - 95-1 Kawaewae 2
1631 hits - 95-1 Kawaewae 1
1589 hits - Pōhaku and homeless camp at Wa’ahila, 2010
947 hits
The pōhaku in the distance lies in an enclosure above the UH faculty apartments on Dole St. in Honolulu. A homeless lady has set up camp inside the enclosure. Cultural experts from a large Native Hawaiian organization have determined that the site is a heiau. - Pōhaku at Waʻahila, 2013
974 hits
Objects brought to the base of the pōhaku by the homeless lady who has set up camp within the enclosure. Cultural experts from a large Native Hawaiian organization have determined that the site is a heiau. - Area 1753 - ala
2509 hits
A section of the ala (pathway) that remains to be cleared. - Area 1753 - engine from WW II plane crash
3083 hits
This plane crashed during WW II directly on the paved ala (pathway) in several other images in this album. All of the other fuselage has been removed, but the engine remains. - Kaunuakahekili, 2015
1840 hits
This is tentatively identified as Kaunuakahekili, although McAllister places it one ridge ʻEwa of this location. It matches his description. - Kaunuakahekili, 2015
1968 hits
This is tentatively identified as Kaunuakahekili, although McAllister places it one ridge ʻEwa of this location. It matches his description. - Ipu o lono, 2015
2219 hits
Ipu o Lono is the name given to the pōhaku in a 1977 article in the Windward Sun Press, which also published an image of a stone 4-5 feet high at this spot. What happened to it is a mystery. Only a small remnant remains on a curbed earth platform. I remember the large stone at this spot from my childhood, when we made trips across the mountain on the old Pali Road. One was not supposed to bring pork past this stone at midnight. The stone was known to everyone in Kailua. - Kiʻi pōhaku - petroglyphs - Nuʻuanu
2213 hits
Kaupe, a supernatural dog. An earlier visitor had chalked in the figures with a red crayon, not a good practice. However, I took advantage of the situation and photographed the figures with a red filter. - Sites O24-O38 in the mountains above Honolulu.
194 hits
Agricultural terraces up the side of a narrow valley. - Laniākea Pā 2001
230 hits
This large enclosure contains a substantial house platform. - Laniākea, ʻIliʻilikea, 2001
242 hits
The intact platform at ʻIliʻilikea - A complex structure with a prominent pōhaku, 2014
203 hits
The pōhaku appears to be integrated into the walls of the complex - Area 1753- ala
1952 hits - Kukuianiani, 1994
2154 hits
A stone perhaps used for grinding / mixing medicines at this heiau lapa’au (medicinal heiau). The name suggests that the stone might have been used as a lamp. The heiau has been cleared and is being cared for by a Hawaiian man who lives next to it. - Erosion control efforts above Hakioawa, 2012
3686 hits
Erosion control efforts above Hakioawa, 2012 - Pōhakunui, 2006
2478 hits - Kahuku mauka - Disturbed platform, 2009
1886 hits
In the military training area above Kahuku - Manō
1993 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
18906 hits - A large structure in area 4278, possible still there
2103 hits - Apili, 1990
2444 hits
This may (or may not) be April Heiau, placed by McAllister in the general vicinity of this platform. - Pōhkunui, 2006
1736 hits - A small unrecorded ahu with an upright stone in area 3203, just prior to its being bulldozed
2141 hits - A koʻa (or kuʻula) in area 3215, bulldozed
2418 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. - Hapaialiʻi, 2007
2675 hits
Before the reconstruction of Hapaialiʻi and the demolishing of the Outrigger Hotel. - Kapuanoni, 2004
15418 hits
A heiau in the complex at Kahaluʻu said to have been built or enlarged by Kalaniopuʻu. The hotel has since been demolished by the landowner. - Ulupalehua, 2004
19381 hits - Lekeke, 2007
26023 hits
Graves from the battle at Kuamoʻo - Kaūpūlehu, 2009
17183 hits
Not long ago, elderly residents of Kaūpūlehu visited this stone to offer prayers, according to a person connected with the district. - Holualoa, 2007
20417 hits
The end of the vast Holua Loa at Keauhou. Cultural anthropologist Marion Kelly and Kenneth Emory witnessed the bulldozing of the lower portion of the heiau for the construction of the resort on the other side of the road. The landowner arranged for the demolition to happen on a Sunday, according to Marion Kelly. - Hōkūliʻa 16511, 2007
28293 hits
A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth. - ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
18871 hits
The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou. - Paniau, 2006
1119 hits
The residence of Lonoikamakahiki is truncated by the tennis court at the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club - Paniau, 2006
19315 hits
The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club. - Paniau, 2006
26658 hits
Portions of the residence of Lonoikamakahiki, according to the Kekahuna map, now near the swimming pool. Kekahunaʻs source of cultural information, Naluahine Kaʻopua, lived close to this spot according to the map. - Kealakowaʻa, 2006
18941 hits
A heiau associated with canoe building. It had been reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fiends, but suffered major damage in a large earthquake several years after this image was made. - Holualoa, 2006
26231 hits
The abrupt end of the vast holua (downhill sledding ramp) at Holualoa. - Haleolono, 2006
6494 hits
One of several platforms near Haleolono. - Haleolono , 2006
18215 hits
One of several platforms at Haleolono. - Keʻekū, 2005
8511 hits
The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields.