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County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Pohaku Loa.
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Kona
District: Honolulu
Ahupuaa: Manoa, Honolulu
Site_Function: F-Uprt stne/nat.feat
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Tax_Map_Key: 2-8-18:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-14-9911
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-A04-016
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SiteType: Pohaku Loa. A stone that was worshipped. Originally, nine feet in length and standing seven feet above ground and two feet below. Another report says, twelve feet long and weighing several tons. Broken up in 1856, part to Kapiolani Maternity Home, and the largest piece to front gate of the Punahou campus.
Bibliography: Sterling/Summers, 1962, BPBM Press, Sites of Oahu, p. 283 Green/Pukui, Legend of Kawelo, p. 117 Henriques Collection, 1925 Sites Commission Tablet