- A post marking the limit of UXO sub-surface clearance, 2015
2492 hits
Thousands of posts like this mark the limit of sub-surface ordnance clearance. Beyond the posts, only the surface has been cleared of UXO (unexploded ordnance). - Double upright, Moaʻula Iki, 2015
2209 hits
This lies along the trail to the summit, on the right as one ascends. A very large, very flat pōhaku lies just below, out of sight. Small stone ʻiliʻili fills the gap between the two uprights. It is possible that there is a deliberate astronomical alignment created by the two uprights. - Imu Ahi at Puowaina, 2015
776 hits
An important pōhaku (stone) stood on this spot until 1977, when it was destroyed by the US Army in a renovation of the viewing area at Puowaina (Punchbowl). It is possible that the pōhaku was merely buried and still lies under the dirt at this spot. - 15 5 Halawa honu
1970 hits - North Hālawa 75 - Pueo (owl) on the cliff face
1911 hits - Raceway park, Coral Sea Rd.
2053 hits
A section of the wall enclosing a sandy area of perhaps two acres at the intersection of Coral Sea and Tripoli Rd. The organization leasing this land from DHHL bulldozed the mauka section of the enclosure. - Unusual zig-zag structure, Kalaeloa, 2008
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This puzzling zig-zag structure barely escaped destruction by an organization that leased an adjacent parcel for car racing. Not visible in the image are upright stones forming the walls of the structure - a traditional construction technique in Tahiti sometimes also seen at Kalaeloa. Some archaeologists maintain that this is a modern military training structure, based on the presence of barbed wire. - Main Gate ahu
1939 hits
A small ceremonial structure with one prominent upright stone, now bulldozed in the construction of the FBI building near the Main Gate of the Kalaeloa / /Barbers Point base. US Navy archaeologists maintained that this was not a pre-contact Hawaiian structure, based on a sketch showing WW II bulldozing in the area. The foundations of a WW II quonset hut lay a few hundred feet to the west. - Small ahu (shrine) near the main gate, Kalaeloa, 2001
2457 hits
This shrine, visited in 2001 with cultural anthropologist Marion Kelly, was destroyed by the US Army in order to construct a large FBI building. Army archaeologists maintain that this is not a Hawaiian cultural site and that it was built on land that had been previously bulldozed during WWII for the construction of quonset huts. - Haleokaʻili, 2015
2807 hits
A few low features remain, mostly under the grass. Despite its modest appearance, this was an important heiau, where Kamehameha ʻekahi (I) kept the kiʻi of one of his gods. - Kukuipahu, 2015
2654 hits
Note Haleakalā in the distance - 15 5 Halawa85 makai plat1
1963 hits - Puʻuomahuka 3
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Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister. - Puʻuomahuka 3, 2015
1652 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister. - Kalakū
1862 hits
Danny Camplin was a surfer who drowned at Waimea in 1994. His friends and/or family made the unfortunate decision to cement a memorial plaque onto Kalakū — probably ignorant of its cultural significance. - Maunawila 8, 2015
1896 hits
Note the face in the stone. - Maunawila 7, 2015
1863 hits - Puʻuomahuka 1, 1990
1892 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister. - Nīoi, 1994
1844 hits
This section of Nīoi was bulldozed to construct a sewage treatment plant. The archaeologist on the project did not identify this structure as pre-contact. - Nīoi, 1994
1921 hits
This section of Nīoi was bulldozed to construct a sewage treatment plant. The archaeologist on the project did not identify this structure as pre-contact.