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County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Wahi-o-pua (legendary).
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolauloa
District: Koolauloa
Ahupuaa: Hauula
Site_Function: R-Other site type A-Walled enclosure
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-4-
State_Site_Number: 50-80-05-2366
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-F07-007
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Surveyor: Sterling/Summers
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1962
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SiteType: Wahi-o-pua (legendary), "Small-fry place", the shore and sea opposite Helu-moa. It was here that the menehune built a stone enclosure, connected with the shore, and named Pa-pua, or "Small-fry fence." It is broken and submerged by the sea. Helu-moa (Chicken scratch).
Bibliography: Pukui, M. K., 1953 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, p. 161