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- 02 5 AccessFlackJackBW
2335 hits - Kamaile Unu, 1996
1461 hits
Waianaʻe residents with ancestral connections to that area use the term Unu rather than heiau to refer to large ceremonial structures. - Upright at Mokaʻena Marae, Kuaokalā, 1993
666 hits - Ahu kahakai, Mākua, 2019
769 hits
This modern ahu was built to mark the approximate place where a fishing shrine was used by local families until WWII. The shrine was destroyed by the Army. - Upright and platform, Mākua, 1996
651 hits
A prominent upright stone sits on a platform overlooking the ocean. - 13-6 4542 1a
547 hits - Low wall, 2014
245 hits
A section of the mauka wall around a platform, or the remains of a platform, adjacent to the main highway. - Quarry marks, Keaʻau, 2017
219 hits
Local families relate that the corner stones of r Kawaihaʻo were quarried at this site. - Low wall of a pā hale, 2001
393 hits
A platform lies at the north side of this low enclosure, probably a house platform. - Platform at ʻIliʻilikea, 1992
397 hits
Note the kū (upriught) and papa (flat, lying down) stones on the near side. These were not there on subsequent visits. - Platform, 2001
413 hits
Alkthough this may originally be a natural feature, it is bordered on two sides by a substantial wall. Its smaller stones may have been taken for the construction of the nearby highway, as happened elsewhere. - Mauka wall of a large platform, 2014
414 hits
The mauka section of a wall on two sides of a platform - possible heiau. - Albert Silva near his home in ʻŌhikilolo, 2012
212 hits - Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2004
216 hits
The petroglyphs were filled with beach sand for this image - Corner of a structure, Keaʻau, 2018
201 hits - Marae at Keaʻau, 2018
207 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. - Unu (heiau) at Keawaʻula, 2020
208 hits - Waiʻanae Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyph), 2017
210 hits - Puʻukānoahoa Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2003
212 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu. McAllister lists it as destroyed. - Leinaakaʻuhane at Kaʻena, 2017
205 hits - Pōhakuloa, 2017
206 hits
The pōhaku is a monster slain by Hiʻiaka at Mākua and thrown over the mountain, to land on the Mokulaea side of Kaʻena - The platform above Leinakaʻuhane, 2017
221 hits - ʻAlauiki fishing shrine, 1995
213 hits - Lualualei, 2002
203 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
216 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. - The Pōhaku above Kamaile Unu, 1991
195 hits
Local families attribute significance to these pōhaku - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#2
448 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#2 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#9
459 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#9 - Mākua Moʻokumu, 2005
270 hits
The Army closed the spring but elderly former residents of Mākua remembered its location and it was opened again. - Mākua 4542, 2008
246 hits
Site 4542 is a heiau, according to kūpuna (elders) who related that first catch fish hoʻokupu (offerings) were left there. Koʻiahi lies in the rear. - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#7
460 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#7 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#8
480 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#8 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#4
462 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#4 - Pohaku O Kauaʻi at Kaʻena, 2008
203 hits
Note the monk seal, lower right - Mokaʻena Unu, 1993
201 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
216 hits
A habitation. Note the layer of discarded shells (midden) and charcoal in the sand below the stones. - Mokaʻena Marae, Kuaokalā, 2003
213 hits
The highest heiau on Oʻahu and one of only two dedicated to the sun. The other was at Kapiolani Park bandstand. - Puaʻakānoahoa Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2003
188 hits - Kūkaniloko 2, 2000
179 hits - Honu (turtles) at a spot where turtles come to feed, 2019
189 hits - Pūnanaʻula 1, 1993
355 hits - Pāheʻeheʻe Heiau, 2018
204 hits
Remains of the mauka terrace behind the plantationera cemetery - Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe, 2018
204 hits
Perhaps the lower terraces of Pāheʻeheʻe heiau - Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe Holua, 2018
184 hits
Remains of the holua (sledding run). Houses below appear to have used its stones for wall building. - Kamaile Unu, 1996
192 hits - Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2015
186 hits - Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
187 hits
A pōhaku brought to Oʻahu by ʻAiʻai, who set up fishing shrines on many islands. The shrine behind the stone is now occupied by a homeless person. - Waiʻanae koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
191 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu - Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
191 hits - Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
181 hits