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- 95 1 Pu uPahe ehe e
2994 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
208 hits - Fishing shrine, Waiʻanae
3391 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
218 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. - 93 12 LahilahiEast1
2945 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. - 96 2 KumaipoWest
2260 hits - A large structure at Kumaipo.
193 hits - 95 2 Lualualei3
2235 hits - 95 2 Lualualei2
2183 hits - Lualualei 2, 1995
195 hits
Note the double uprights on the platform, a rare configuration. - 95 3 Lualualei1
2290 hits - Lualualei 1, 1995
198 hits
Sites on military land are often in excellent condition. - 93 7 Punana ula3
2924 hits
An intact heiau, impacted only by cattle and time. Note the "L" incision on the large stone in for foreground. - 95 2 Nioi ula2
2355 hits - 95 2 Nioi ula1
2221 hits - Nīoiʻula 1, 1995
277 hits - 93 7 Punana ula2
2861 hits - Pūnanaʻula 2, 1993
201 hits - 93 7 Punana ula1
2870 hits - 97 9 Ku ilioloa2
2278 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
228 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. - Kanahau, 2004
2376 hits
Pōhaku at the site of Kanahau Heiau, perhaps related to the visit of Hiʻiaka and to her attraction to Kanahau. - 95 4 Halawa75 Pohaku
1729 hits - South Hālawa 85
2343 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 Halawa85 encl1a
1687 hits - 05 11 Halawa85 encl1b
1961 hits - Halawa85 plat2
2351 hits - Waipao Heiau, Hālawa
2784 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. - Keaiwa Heiau, ʻAiea
2429 hits
The heiau was inaccurately reconstructed by a well-meaning c0mmunity group in the 1950s. Keaiwa is a heiau lapaʻau, a medicinal heiau. - Pōhakunui, 2006
2495 hits - Kahuku mauka - Disturbed platform, 2009
1897 hits
In the military training area above Kahuku - Manō
2010 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
18985 hits - A large structure in area 4278, possible still there
2119 hits - Apili, 1990
2461 hits
This may (or may not) be April Heiau, placed by McAllister in the general vicinity of this platform. - Pōhkunui, 2006
1751 hits - A small unrecorded ahu with an upright stone in area 3203, just prior to its being bulldozed
2158 hits - A koʻa (or kuʻula) in area 3215, bulldozed
2437 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. - Keolanahihi, 2008
19019 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Hōkūliʻa 16758, 2007
981 hits
A large platform heiau adjacent to the pā of Kalaniopuʻu. - Hokukano, 2008
29996 hits
A large platform at Hōkūkano - Hōkūliʻa 16741, 2008
933 hits - Keolanahihi, 2008
20327 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Sites B7-B9 in the mountains above Honolulu.
488 hits
A little mauka of sites B3-5, three less-organized platforms lie in the same 140º orientation. - In the mountains above Honolulu. The pōhaku at site 411
440 hits
On the side of a ridge overlooking Honollulu. It is associated with a bell stone in the next valley. The bell stone visited the pōhaku as mist, but has since been moved to the Bishop Museum grounds. - In the mountains above Honolulu. A platform at site 1010
427 hits
Kenneth Emory recorded this site as a heiau. It also has clear evidence of hand quarrying and dynamite blasting on the adjacent cliff face. - Wall located by Don Harvey in the mountains above Honolulu.
338 hits
An archaeological survey missed this substantial wall. It runs up and down the narrow valley walls, perpendicular to the stream. - Wall located by Don Harvey
321 hits
An archaeological survey missed this substantial wall. It runs up and down the narrow valley walls, perpendicular to the stream. - Site N24 in the mountains above Honolulu.
459 hits
A large pōhaku inside an oval enclosure. The size of the pōhaku makes the enclosure impractical for anything but ceremonial use. Similar enclosures are to be found in Pālolo Valley. - Site G6 in the mountains above Honolulu.
541 hits
A rough terrace below an upright stone. Next to the stone is a smaller terrace. Note that the smaller terrace is made up of smaller stones. Size sorting is significant.