Unrecorded heiau, 2013
2084 hits
Imu Ahi at Puowaina, 2015
755 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.
Ipu o lono, 2015
2166 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.
Kamaile Unu, 1996
1426 hits
Waianaʻe residents with ancestral connections to that area use the term Unu rather than heiau to refer to large ceremonial structures.
Fishing shrine, 2003
1014 hits
A beautifully intact shrine constructed partly of coral, with a curbed platform makai (seaward) of a large pōhaku. In the distance lies the main road and a power plant.
Kepuwai, 2001
2153 hits
Kini, 2016
822 hits
This significant pōhaku used to lie near the road but was moved uphill to the residence of Nowlin Correia. Unfortunately, after Correiaʻs passing, the landowner (DHHL) evicted his family and the house now sits vacant, occupied by squatters.
Fishing shrine, Waiʻanae
3303 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.
15 11 Lahilahi koʻa
840 hits
The large fishing heiau at Mauna Lahilahi is now the residence of a homeless person, who has reconfigured its stones. Only one other fishing heiau of similar size and complexity remains on Oʻahu: Keahuohapuʻu in Waialua.