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County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Pahonu Pond.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolaupoko
District: Koolaupoko
Ahupuaa: Waimanalo
Site_Function: R-Other site type
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 4-1-
State_Site_Number: 50-80-15-383A
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-G07-007
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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SiteType: Pahonu Pond, said to be the name of a pond 300 x 50 feet. A line of stones, submerged at high tide, but visible at low tide, indicates its former extent. It was said that turtles were kept in this pond for the use of the alii. (This is McAllister Site 383A. Site 383 = G7-3).
Bibliography: J.G. McAllister, 1933, Arch. of Oahu, Site 383 A, p. 192 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, p. 249 Charles Alona, Informant, 9/14/39, Waimanalo, Oahu Place Names