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County: Kauai
Site_Name: Kawelomamaia Heiau
Island: Kauai
Traditional_District: Others
District: Kawaihau
Ahupuaa: Kealia, Kawaihau
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 4-7-04:
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BM_site_number: 50-Ka-E05-002
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Surveyor: Bennett
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00JAN1929
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SiteType: Kawelomamaia Heiau. Said to have been located where the Kawelomamaia (?) Stream runs into the sea north of Kealia. Described by Thrum as "Kawalo's heiau dedicated to his shark god; of pookanaka class. Foundations traceable."
Bibliography: W.C. Bennett, Arch. of Kauai, 1931, Site 112, p. 129