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County: Maui
Site_Name: Kahakahana Heiau
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Manawai
Site_Function: Heiau A-Walled enclosure
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-6-06:
State_Site_Number: 50-60-04/05-322
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A12-005
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly/Stokes/Summers
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1962 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Leased to Pearl Friel
Owner_Address: ?
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SiteType: Kahakahana Heiau, structure is c. 85 x 65 feet. It consists of several paved enclosures and small, circular, walled-in areas. A place for worship to kapa gods and for making sacred kapas. Not located in 1974 Statewide Inventory.
Bibliography: 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 172, p. 113 Photos: BM Neg: 990, 991, 993 Aerial Photo, 11/21/49