- Corner of a structure, Keaʻau, 2018
210 hits - Marae at Keaʻau, 2018
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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
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Note the monk seal, lower right - Mokaʻena Unu, 1993
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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
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A habitation. Note the layer of discarded shells (midden) and charcoal in the sand below the stones. - A complex structure with a prominent pōhaku, 2014
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The pōhaku appears to be integrated into the walls of the complex - Hapaialiʻi, 2007
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Before the reconstruction of Hapaialiʻi and the demolishing of the Outrigger Hotel. - Kapuanoni, 2004
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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
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Graves from the battle at Kuamoʻo - Kaūpūlehu, 2009
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Not long ago, elderly residents of Kaūpūlehu visited this stone to offer prayers, according to a person connected with the district. - Holualoa, 2007
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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
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A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth. - ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
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The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou. - Paniau, 2006
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The residence of Lonoikamakahiki is truncated by the tennis court at the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club - Paniau, 2006
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The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club. - Paniau, 2006
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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
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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
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The abrupt end of the vast holua (downhill sledding ramp) at Holualoa. - Haleolono, 2006
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One of several platforms near Haleolono. - Haleolono , 2006
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One of several platforms at Haleolono. - Keʻekū, 2005
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The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields. - Iniʻikawai Heiau, 2005
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A heiau within a resort complex in Kahaluʻu. - Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004
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Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished. - Kalanikauhi (?), 2004
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The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this structure. - Iniʻikawai Heiau, 2004
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A heiau within a resort complex in Kahaluʻu. - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
12462 hits - Ahuaumi, 2004
1167 hits - Kualiʻiliʻi Heiau, 2004
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A heiau in Kailua-Kona on the grounds of a gated condominium complex. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
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Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
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A cruise ship lies anchored in the distance. It is dangerous to add diacritical marks to heiau names, since that limits possible interpretations. However, here is one guess: "Rainfishhealth Heiau." Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made. - Hoʻopalahuli (?), 2007
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The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this unusual structure that rises sharply up the side of a bluff and straddles a fissure at the top. - Hōkūliʻa 16511, 2007
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A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth. - Ahuena Heiau, 2006
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This is not the original location of Ahuena, which stood nearby in what is now an adjacent private residence. Cultural practitioner David Roy was instrumental in having the stones of the heiau moved to where they stand now. - Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Kua Bay Heiau, 2005
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A large structure at Kua Bay, possibly a fishing heiau - Koʻa, 2004
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A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau. - Koʻa, 2004
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A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma. - Ālula, 2005
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One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula. - Ālula, 2005
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One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula. - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
19156 hits - Ahuolono, 2004
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A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road