County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Pele's Followers.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolauloa
District: Koolauloa
Ahupuaa: Pupukea
Site_Function: F-Uprt stne/nat.feat
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-03:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-01-255
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-F01-006
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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SiteType: Pele's Followers. On a low flat pan of rough lava jutting into the sea at Pupukea, is a conspicuous group of large stones of lava, said to be followers of Pele whom she turned into stone, so that they might become immortal. Largest stands about 15 feet high, but average is about 10 feet high.
Bibliography: J.G. McAllister, Arch. of Oahu, 1933, Site 255, p.151 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, p. 145 Photos: B/W, #15327
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