- Ahuaʻumi, 2004
13946 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
2457 hits - Large enclosure and three upright stones, 2006
2385 hits
Haleakalā lies in the distance - Agricultural features, Hālawa Valley
2651 hits - Large enclosure, south wall, 2006
2251 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
2294 hits - Upright
2338 hits - Enclosure, raised, 2006
2388 hits - Enclosure and upright stone, 2006
2618 hits - Platform, Hālawa Valley
2234 hits
Not far above the stream. A possible heiau. - Mailekini
2349 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
2456 hits - Moʻokini, 2006
2300 hits - Puʻukoholā, 2006
2371 hits - Three upright stones, 2008
2239 hits - Enclosure, raised, 2008
2368 hits - Enclosure and uptight, 2008
2341 hits - Kaiholena, 2008
2297 hits
An enclosure with an interior division. - Kaiholena, 2008
2339 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
2466 hits - Enclosure and upright, 2008
2567 hits - Kupalaha or Kupalahaʻa
3272 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
2615 hits - Enclosure and upright, 2009
2536 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
2394 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
2460 hits - Small disturbed platform, 2009
2437 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
2507 hits
A large but degraded structure, with just small intact terrace facings and other features. - Large enclosure
2524 hits - Kahua, 2010
2352 hits - Kapālama
2543 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
2355 hits - Loʻi (wetland taro terraces) near Kupalahaʻa
2288 hits
This series of loʻi lies along a stream, still running. - Nuʻuanu, 2010
2389 hits
A habitation complex near Lapakahi - Pāoʻo, 2010
2502 hits
A habitation complex of walls and enclosures. Haleakalā lies in the distance. - Pāoʻo, 2010
2427 hits
A fishing shrine, still in use. The small altar and recent offering were not photographed. - Pōhakuloa, 2010
2384 hits
A coastal enclosure with an unusual bowl-shaped stone - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
12407 hits - Koʻa, 2004
12058 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma. - Koʻa, 2004
12222 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau. - Kapuanoni, 2004
15309 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
7579 hits
A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road - Haleolono, 2005
16843 hits
The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Keʻekū, 2005
8437 hits
The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields. - Kealakowaʻa, 2006
18824 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. - Paniau, 2006
19171 hits
The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club. - ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
18718 hits
The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou. - Holualoa, 2007
20271 hits
The end of the vast Holua Loa at Keauhou. Cultural anthropologist Marion Kelly and Kenneth Emory witnessed the bulldozing of the lower portion of the heiau for the construction of the resort on the other side of the road. The landowner arranged for the demolition to happen on a Sunday, according to Marion Kelly. - Hoʻopalahuli (?), 2007
19408 hits
The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this unusual structure that rises sharply up the side of a bluff and straddles a fissure at the top. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
19655 hits
A cruise ship lies anchored in the distance. It is dangerous to add diacritical marks to heiau names, since that limits possible interpretations. However, here is one guess: "Rainfishhealth Heiau." Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made.