County: Maui
Site_Name: Kakahaku Heiau
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Moanui
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm I-Burial
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-8-1:4
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-229
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A05-002
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly/Summers
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: George Murphy
Owner_Address: Star Route, Kaunakakai, HI. 96748
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SiteType: Kakahaku Heiau. Main platform 70 feet E to W, and 40 feet N to S. Paved with small stones, and included smaller platform 34 x 24 feet in the W quarter. Latter was 2.5 feet higher than main portion and paved with large stones. Said to be a "temple of refuge", and the smaller platform to be a grave. Statewide Inventory, 1974, "Totally destroyed--land clearing."
Bibliography: 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 229A, p. 150 12375, William T. Brigham, N.D. Heiau of Molokai, Ms. BPBM 71475, Thomas G. Thrum, Thrum's Hawaiian Annual, pp. 44-54 Statewide Inventory, 1974
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