Feature: | Heiau |
Comments: | Heiau described by archaeologist Winslow Walker following a survey of Kaupo in 1929: "Location: N.E. of Halekou 200 yards. Description: A small heiau on top of a hill 40 feet from the bottom of the gulch. It measures 43 x 50 feet and consists of a terraced platform open to the sea on the south and west. The east and north sides have a wall 6 feet high and 6 feet thick. There are two terraces, paved with blocks of Aa and small chunks. No coral or pebbles on the platform. The highest part of the heiau is the platform in the N.E. corner. There are two enclosures as shown in the plan, … There is one image hole in the top of the wall at N.E. One suggestion is that this was a heiau for tapa drying." More recently, archaeologist Pat Kirch has indicated that Oheohenui may not have been a heiau but rather the residence of the priest in charge of nearby Halekou heiau. |
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Further reading: | Oheohenui (Ulukau.org) |