County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Pu'upahe'ehe'e Heiau, completely destroyed.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Waianae
District: Waianae
Ahupuaa: Waianae-kai, Waianae
Site_Function: Heiau A-Walled enclosure
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 8-5-01:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-07-152
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-C03-002
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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Form_of_Ownership: State
Owner: State of Hawaii
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SiteType: Pu'upahe'ehe'e Heiau, completely destroyed. Located on the sea end of Pu'upahe'ehe'e Ridge. According to Thrum, it was of luakini class, and was a walled heiau of 2 or 3 divisions; upper section 70'across, 57' wide; lower sections not so well defined. Slopes covered with slippery grass for sledding contests. (See Oa-C2-6 and C4-305).
Bibliography: J.G. McAllister, Arch. of Oahu, 1933, Site 152, p. 112 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, pp. 68, 69 T.G. Thrum, 1907, 1909, Heiaus and Heiau Sites Throughout the Hawaiian Islands, in the Hawaiian Annual
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