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Low enclosure
2026 hits
This large enclosure covers perhaps a quarter acre, just north of the remaining structure identified by Rudy Mitchell as ʻIliʻilikea Heiau. Many other sites lie nearby, all in a cow pasture.
Below Kahōkūwelowelo
2100 hits
This enclosure lies below the main structure of Kahōkūwelowelo, one of the most intact features remaining. It is a small distance away - perhaps a haleopapa?
95 5 Kupopolo1
1799 hits
95 5 Kupopolo2
1927 hits
97 12Kalakiki1
2069 hits
04 2Kalakiki1
1886 hits
10 9 UkoaPlatform1
1700 hits
10 09 UkoaPlatform2
1587 hits
Talus near Kaʻena
1705 hits
On the Mokuleia side a large talus of random rockfall contains small areas that appear organized. This is a possible site.
12 10 CauseyPlatform2
1788 hits
92 Iliilikea1
1690 hits
95 05 Keahuohapu'u
1716 hits
95 5 Keahuohapuu2
1634 hits
Ahu mauka of ʻUkoa loko iʻa (fishpond), 2001
1593 hits
The upright and flat stone at its base form an exact east-west alignment.
Chunʻs Reef - Large walled site, 2001
1649 hits
This structure is adjacent to the modern highway. Elsewhere on the island, the stones of nearby heiau were used to make the roadbed of the current road around the island.
Chunʻs Reef, 2001
1640 hits
I was not able to relocate this pōhaku on the last visit to the site.
Kahōkūwelowelo Heiau, 2012
1973 hits
A WWII US Army collapsed pillbox sits on a platform at Kahōkūwelowelo Heiau. Other gun emplacments lie on the heiau, which has a commanding view of the North Shore coast. The heiau was kapu (off limits) to common people and served as a training center for kāhuna (priests).
Kalakīkī, 2002
1586 hits
Kalakīkī is connected with a large stone in the ocean and with a shark. A Catholic church-related organization acquired title to half of this large heiau and built a water tank immediately in front of it, where it is reported that worshipers stood.
Kalakīkī, 2002
1339 hits
Kalakīkī is connected with a large stone in the ocean and with a shark. A Catholic church-related organization acquired title to half of this large heiau and built a water tank immediately in front of it, where it is reported that worshipers stood.
Keahuohapuʻu, 1992
1328 hits
Kepuwai Heiau, 2001
1530 hits
Now the location of Liliuokalani Church in Waialua. The stones in the wall probably came from the heiau that used to occupy that place.
Kupopolo, 1995
1294 hits
Before the heiau was cleared
Kupopolo, 2010
1701 hits
Kupopolo, 2010
1672 hits
Lanaʻi, 1998
1279 hits
Leinaakaʻuhane - platform, 2010
1672 hits
A small platform and large pōhaku above Leiankaʻuhane at Kaʻena - its close proximity suggests that it is connected with the ritual significance of that site.
Leinaakaʻuhane, 2000
1456 hits
Leinaakaʻuhane, 2012
1552 hits
Leinakaʻuhane
Manini Gulch, 2012
1684 hits
High above Manini Gulch at Kaʻena is a pond mentioned in moʻolelo where saltwater fish can be found. I visited Manini with an elderly man who had climbed the cliffs in his youth and who had located the pond.
ʻAlauiki, 1995
1251 hits
ʻAlauiki, 2012
1532 hits
ʻIliʻilikea Heiau, 2001
1451 hits
An upright stone in a natural formation. Rudy Mitchel identified this as the location of ʻIliʻilikea Heiau.
ʻIliʻilikea, 1992
1702 hits
A small upright stone in the low-lying structure that may be ʻIliʻilikea Heiau, in the pasture above Laniakea. Rudy Mitchell identified this as the location of the heiau. The landowner maintains that ʻIliʻilikea is located further west of this site.
ʻIliʻilikea, 2001
1361 hits
A small platform at the heiau
ʻUkoa - mauka, 1994
1270 hits
Part of a large structure mauka of ʻUkoa - a terrace of large boulders that runs about 250 feet. Smaller areas on the upper portion of the terrace appear well organized, with walls, platforms and small areas of paving.
ʻUkoa - mauka, 1994
1287 hits
The upright stone forms an exact east-west alignment with the flat stone at its base.
ʻUkoa platform, 2012
1693 hits
A structure mauka of ʻUkoa loko iʻa (fishpond).
15 09 Laniakea Ili Ilikea Ahu
1579 hits
15 09 Laniakea Ili Ilikea
1689 hits
Kalakoi - or Ahuena
1808 hits
Cultural Practitioner Rudy Mitchell identified this outcrop as the pōhaku Kalakoi (or Ahuena) described in Sites of Oʻahu as one of a pair of fish lookouts on either side of Waimea Bay. Its male companion is Kalakū (or Kū).
Pōhaku Hoʻohānau
1587 hits
It is the small stone farthest away barely visible in the soil. Local residents on the small side road identify this as the stone, which also matches a photo in a 1930s Advertiser article. The alignment of the old, original road was apparently shifted to avoid this stone.
10 9 Kupopolo1
558 hits