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County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Punaluu Heiau.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Puna
District: Puna
Ahupuaa: Kahaualea
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-1-01:
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BM_site_number: 50-Ha-A24-001
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Surveyor: Thrum/Stokes/Hudson
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00NOV1961
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Campbell Estate? (Ehukai subdivision, XII-66)
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SiteType: Punaluu Heiau. Near the spring of the same name. Medium-sized, 119'x37', with walls 3-5' thick, of heavy lava slabs. Its S end wall is 17' thick, standing 3' above main floor, well leveled off with shore pebbles. Badly shattered by earthquake._Parts of walls still standing are 4-8' high. Latitude: 19-20-25 Longitude: 155-01-02
Bibliography: Thrum 1908, p. 38; Stokes, Heiaus Hawaii, p. 583; Hudson, site 178 Photos: B/W, 3377D (plan)