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- 02 5 AccessFlackJackBW
2337 hits - Kamaile Unu, 1996
1468 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
669 hits - Ahu kahakai, Mākua, 2019
771 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
654 hits
A prominent upright stone sits on a platform overlooking the ocean. - 13-6 4542 1a
549 hits - Low wall, 2014
246 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
221 hits
Local families relate that the corner stones of r Kawaihaʻo were quarried at this site. - Low wall of a pā hale, 2001
398 hits
A platform lies at the north side of this low enclosure, probably a house platform. - Platform at ʻIliʻilikea, 1992
402 hits
Note the kū (upriught) and papa (flat, lying down) stones on the near side. These were not there on subsequent visits. - Platform, 2001
418 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
418 hits
The mauka section of a wall on two sides of a platform - possible heiau. - Albert Silva near his home in ʻŌhikilolo, 2012
214 hits - Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2004
218 hits
The petroglyphs were filled with beach sand for this image - Corner of a structure, Keaʻau, 2018
204 hits - Marae at Keaʻau, 2018
210 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
211 hits - Waiʻanae Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyph), 2017
214 hits - Puʻukānoahoa Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2003
213 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu. McAllister lists it as destroyed. - Leinaakaʻuhane at Kaʻena, 2017
208 hits - Pōhakuloa, 2017
209 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
224 hits - ʻAlauiki fishing shrine, 1995
214 hits - Lualualei, 2002
205 hits - Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
218 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
197 hits
Local families attribute significance to these pōhaku - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#2
455 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#2 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#9
464 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#9 - Mākua Moʻokumu, 2005
272 hits
The Army closed the spring but elderly former residents of Mākua remembered its location and it was opened again. - Mākua 4542, 2008
248 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
466 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#7 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#8
485 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#8 - Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#4
468 hits
Cascade Creek 2012, 9-22#4 - Pohaku O Kauaʻi at Kaʻena, 2008
204 hits
Note the monk seal, lower right - Mokaʻena Unu, 1993
202 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
217 hits
A habitation. Note the layer of discarded shells (midden) and charcoal in the sand below the stones. - Mokaʻena Marae, Kuaokalā, 2003
216 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
190 hits - Kūkaniloko 2, 2000
181 hits - Honu (turtles) at a spot where turtles come to feed, 2019
191 hits - Pūnanaʻula 1, 1993
358 hits - Pāheʻeheʻe Heiau, 2018
206 hits
Remains of the mauka terrace behind the plantationera cemetery - Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe, 2018
207 hits
Perhaps the lower terraces of Pāheʻeheʻe heiau - Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe Holua, 2018
188 hits
Remains of the holua (sledding run). Houses below appear to have used its stones for wall building. - Kamaile Unu, 1996
196 hits - Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2015
187 hits - Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
188 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
193 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu - Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
193 hits - Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
184 hits