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- Ahuaʻumi, 2004
14010 hits
The wall in the foreground is part of an enclosure that may have been constructed in historic times to hold animals - Puʻukoholā and Mailekini
2481 hits - Large enclosure and three upright stones, 2006
2410 hits
Haleakalā lies in the distance - The Kohala field system near sunset, 2006
1976 hits
The shallow furrows helped to conserve soil and moisture, and protected dryland crops from the wind. - Agricultural features, Hālawa Valley
2675 hits - Large enclosure, south wall, 2006
2278 hits
A stone structure lies at the mauka end of this enclosure, and several small upright stones mark the makai boundary. A smaller structure lies in the distance. - Three uprights, 2006
2317 hits - Upright
2360 hits - Enclosure, raised, 2006
2412 hits - Enclosure and upright stone, 2006
2643 hits - Loʻi (wetland taro teraces), Hālawa Valley
1794 hits
This irrigated series of loʻi lies adjacent to the stream, still flowing. - Platform, Hālawa Valley
2256 hits
Not far above the stream. A possible heiau. - Mailekini
2373 hits
Mailekini is said to have the shape of a whale when viewed from above. It lies just below Puʻukoholā and above a shark heiau under the water in the bay below: Haleokapuni. - Moʻokini, 2006
2476 hits - Moʻokini, 2006
2324 hits - Puʻukoholā, 2006
2393 hits - Three upright stones, 2008
2260 hits - Enclosure, raised, 2008
2388 hits - Enclosure and uptight, 2008
2369 hits - Kaiholena, 2008
2318 hits
An enclosure with an interior division. - Kaiholena, 2008
2361 hits
An enclosure with an interior division. Note the large pōhaku set upright, forming the wall on one side. This is sometimes referred to as the "Tahitian style" of wall construction. On Oʻahu it can be seen in some sites on the ʻEwa plain. - Moʻokini, 2008
2488 hits - Enclosure and upright, 2008
2591 hits - Kupalaha or Kupalahaʻa
3295 hits
A natural sea cave with a collapsed roof within Kupalaha Heiau. Twenty years ago, a older resident of Kohala commented that the collapsed roof of this cave was just a small opening in his youth. The name is spelled differently in different sources. If it is Kupalaha, then the name is identical to that of the heiau for the sun, located where the bandstand is now at Kapiʻolani Park, Waikīkī. - Enclosure and upright, 2009
2638 hits - Enclosure and upright, 2009
2561 hits
If one looks carefully, faint traces of the Kona field system can be seen in the distance below the puʻu. - Large enclosure at the crest of a hill
2421 hits
Note the interior division, forming two tiers. A third tier lies at the crest of the hill. - Large enclosure at the crest of a hill, 2009
2487 hits - Small disturbed platform, 2009
2461 hits
This small structure looks to the south, to the Kona coast, Mauna Loa and Hualalai. - Large structure at the crest of a hill, 2009
2529 hits
A large but degraded structure, with just small intact terrace facings and other features. - Large enclosure
2548 hits - Kahua, 2010
2372 hits - Kapālama
2566 hits
An interior feature - perhaps modern - at Kapālama Heiau, which never had a large stone structure. A few disturbed areas of ʻiliʻili (paving) remain, and a few alignments. - Kupalaha or Kupalahaʻa
2374 hits - Loʻi (wetland taro terraces) near Kupalahaʻa
2308 hits
This series of loʻi lies along a stream, still running. - Nuʻuanu, 2010
2411 hits
A habitation complex near Lapakahi - Pāoʻo, 2010
2529 hits
A habitation complex of walls and enclosures. Haleakalā lies in the distance. - Pāoʻo, 2010
2451 hits
A fishing shrine, still in use. The small altar and recent offering were not photographed. - Pōhakuloa, 2010
2408 hits
A coastal enclosure with an unusual bowl-shaped stone - Pōhakuloa, 2010
1968 hits - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
12441 hits - Koʻa, 2004
12118 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma. - Koʻa, 2004
12274 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau. - Kapuanoni, 2004
15379 hits
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. - Ahuolono, 2004
7637 hits
A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road - Iniʻikawai Heiau, 2005
15498 hits
A heiau within a resort complex in Kahaluʻu. - Haleolono, 2005
16901 hits
The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Keʻekū, 2005
8477 hits
The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields. - Haleolono, 2006
6470 hits
One of several platforms near Haleolono. - Kealakowaʻa, 2006
18874 hits
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.