County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Kalepa Heiau.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Puna
District: Puna
Ahupuaa: Kamaili
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-3-01:
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BM_site_number: 50-Ha-A16-003
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Surveyor: Thrum
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00NOV1961
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SiteType: Kalepa Heiau. Sometimes called Kalelepa, a heiau of the time of Keawemauhili; of large size. Noted by Ellis as the probable Puna hieau where Cook's bones were deposited and worshipped. Almost wholly destroyed; its stones taken for roads.
Bibliography: Thrum, 1908, pp.39
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