County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Puu o Mahuka Heiau.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolauloa
District: Koolauloa
Ahupuaa: Pupukea
Site_Function: A-Walled enclosure Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-05:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-01-249
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-F01-001
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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Form_of_Ownership: State
Owner: State Park
Owner_Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
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SiteType: Puu o Mahuka Heiau. The largest heiau on Oahu. Three adjoining enclosures form what was probably the heiau proper, with two smaller enclosures on the sea side and on the edge of the pali, one directly in front of the other. They average 25 x 35 feet in size, with low surrounding walls. Large enclosures are 240 x 170 feet, and 280 x 127 feet. Latitude: 21-38-40 Longitude: 158-03-43
Bibliography: J.G. McAllister, Arch. of Oahu, 1933, Site 249, pp. 147-150 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, pp. 142, 143, 144
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