- Puakea, 2011
1809 hits
A large stone, one of the few remaining at Puakea Puúhonua. - Puakea, 2011
2080 hits
Some of the few stones remaining at Puakea, where stones were taken to construct the roadbed of the modern road below. Massive earth terracing remains, however. Puakea was a puʻuhonua, so sacred that the sails of passing canoes were lowered as they passed. - Nānāhoa, 2011
1980 hits
The Nanahoa stone on the cliff is to the far right. - Moliʻi, 2011
2084 hits
Moliʻi loko iʻa (fishpond) at Kāneʻohe. - 95-1 Kawaewae 4
1725 hits - 95-1 Kawaewae 2
1580 hits - 17 4 Nr Kawaʻewaʻe1 6910
1277 hits - Kukiokāne, 2001
2163 hits
From where the heiau used to be located, now the H-3 Freeway - Kukiokāne, 1992
1903 hits
A terrace facing at Kukuiokāne Heiau just before it was bulldozed for the H-3 Freeway construction. - Kukiokāne, 1994
2136 hits
The slender upright stone above Kukiokāne Heiau. The stone is still there, but covered by vegetation and hard to see. The archaeological survey of the heiau prior to its destruction did not record this as a cultural feature. - Kukiokāne, 2001
1799 hits
A closeup view of the slender upright stone above Kukiokāne Heiau, one of the few remnants of the vast structure demolished in the construction of the Likelike Highway and the H-3 Freeway. The stone is about ten feet tall and perhaps three feet wide. - Kukiokāne, 1994
1997 hits
The bulldozed terraces of Kukiokāne Heiau, just prior to the construction of the H-3 Freeway. - Luluku, 2011
1931 hits
A remnant of the Luluku terraces, a vast complex of lo’i. The irrigation system for the terraces still functions perfectly and one small section is now being put back into production. - Kaualaukī, 1993
1996 hits
An upright stone formerly at Kaualaukī Heiau, where hālau visit for gathering laʻau. Aside from this upright, it would be difficult to recognize the site as a heiau, but the remains of a large structure remain under heavy growth on either side of the trail. Unfortunately, a recent visit revealed that the upright stone is missing. - Apili, 1990
2381 hits
This may (or may not) be April Heiau, placed by McAllister in the general vicinity of this platform. - Pōhaku, Haʻaikū, 1988
2019 hits
The only stone at a site with massive earth terraces, all under a thicket of hau. Chunks of branch coral lie in the stream below. The site matches McAllisterʻs 1933 description of Kahekili Heiau. However, members of the Koʻolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club cite other cultural informants who located Kahekili near the H3 Freeway tunnel. A visit confirmed that a few chunks of coral were present there at that site. - Haʻikū, 1990
2163 hits
The H-3 Freeway under construction in Ha’ikū Valley. - Haʻikū, 2012
1822 hits
The H-3 Freeeway in Ha’ikū Valley. The construction of the freeway resulted in the destruction of many cultural sites. - Leleahina, 1990
1978 hits
Leleahina is now cleared and is being cared for by a nearby Hawaiian ‘ohana (family). - Luluku, 1990
2037 hits
Remnants of the vast complex of lo’i (kalo terraces) at Luluku in Kāne’ohe. Much of the complex was demolished in the construction of the H-3 freeway. - Kukuianiani, 1994
2104 hits
A stone perhaps used for grinding / mixing medicines at this heiau lapa’au (medicinal heiau). The name suggests that the stone might have been used as a lamp. The heiau has been cleared and is being cared for by a Hawaiian man who lives next to it. - Pali Golf Course, 1990
2144 hits
A possible cultural site with a distinctive upright stone at the crest of a hill - Pali Golf Course, 1990
2434 hits
On a hill at the Pali Golf Course - near a small upright stone. - Kawainui, 2004
1964 hits
Kawainui wetland, at the outcrop associated with the mo’o Hauwahine - Hauwahine, 2011
1775 hits
The face of the moʻo Hauwahine at Kawainui - Kawainui, 2004
2175 hits
A pōhaku at Kawainui where the moʻo Hauwahine was said to have sunned herself. Note the suggestive shape of the stones on the slope. - Kawainui, 2000
1919 hits
A stone suggesting a kohe (vagaina) at the place associated with the moʻo Hauwahine. This pōhaku may (or may not) hold cultural significance. At the mauka end of Kawainui wetland is another large kohe similar to this one, but located in a complex of sites. - Pōhaku Wahine, 1994
1874 hits
Near the mauka end of Kawainui marsh - perhaps the kohe of Hauwahine. This suggestive formation lies in a complex of cultural sites, just above a wall and ule (male stone). - Kukapoki, 2002
1887 hits - Kukapoki, 2002
1786 hits - Kukuipilau, 2006
1863 hits - Kanahau, 2004
2287 hits
Pōhaku at the site of Kanahau Heiau, perhaps related to the visit of Hiʻiaka and to her attraction to Kanahau. - Pōhkunui, 2006
1685 hits - Pōhakunui, 2006
2409 hits - Ipu o lono, 2015
2127 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. - Puʻuwāniania, 1994
1908 hits - Alala, 2002
1835 hits
In the back yard of the Bredeson residence, Kaohao. - Wailea, 1994
1718 hits
Wailea is a goddess of canoe builders. The prominent pōhaku is a companion to Alala, not far down the coast. The two pōhaku were very likely used to triangulate the locations of fishing spots. - Ulupō, 1988
1798 hits - Kawailoa, 2006
1850 hits
Kawailoa Spring, near Olomana. - 95-1 Kawaewae 1
1537 hits - Pueo, 2012
1882 hits
The name Pueo is not associated with this large heiau in the state database at the Historic Preservation Division. However, a 1950s Board of Water Supply map does identify it as Pueo Heiau. - Pueo, 2012
1863 hits
Ko’a, heads of branch coral, lie at the base of this wall att Pueo Heiau. - Wawamalu, 2009
1973 hits
The heiau at ʻAwawamalu, destroyed in the 1946 tidal wave. Its outline can be seen in the water, in the inlet that was probably the ancient canoe landing spot. - Unrecorded heiau, 2013
1782 hits
At Maunalua - Unrecorded heiau, 2013
2049 hits - Hawea 1, 2000
1813 hits
A wall or alignment far up of the side of a slope at or near Hawea Heiau. - Unrecorded heiau, 2013
1713 hits
At Maunalua - Hawea, 2013
1696 hits
A front / makai alignment at Hawea Heiau. - Hawea, 1994
2044 hits
The remnant of the platform at Hawea heiau, with construction and dredging debris pushed up against it from the creation of the marina at Hawaiʻi Kai by Kaiser Development Corp. Note the lined pit in the foreground.