| Feature: | Heiau |
| Alternate spelling: | Poukela |
| Comments: | Heiau between Muliwai (Manawainui river mouth) and Kepio Point. Described by archaeologist Winslow Walker after a survey of Kaupo in 1929: "The whole hill-top has been used as a heiau. There are terraced platforms on the north and east sides, but the walls running across the hill at the east and west ends are probably recent. The top of the hill measures 76 x 125 feet. There are two house sites on it and a slightly lower enclosure on the southwest which appears to have been used as a cook-house from the charcoal found there. The north platform measures 50 x 30 and the east one 32 x 16 feet. Coral and pebbles are common on these platforms. At the northwest corner is a small enclosure 10 x 15 x 2 feet. It had a pavement of pebbles but no coral. At the south end was a pit which when cleared out revealed the entrance to a rock tomb. Inside was the skeleton of an old man, lying full length with head toward the sea." Historian Samuel Kamakau referred to the heiau as "Poukela" in the legend of Heleipawa published in the newspaper Ke Au Okoa on Oct. 21, 1869. According to historian Moses Manu in an article in Ka Loea Kalaiaina in September 1899, Paukela was a chiefess of Kaupo. |
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