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Kahuna's heiau,
Place for la'au lapa'au.
Healing herbs, prayer.
Place for la'au lapa'au.
Healing herbs, prayer.
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Here's what J. Gilbert McAllister says about this heiau in "Archaeology of Oahu" (1985 reprint of 1933 Bishop Museum Bulletin No. 104):
"A small rectangular structure, 100 feet by 160 feet, of one terrace with low surrounding walls. The only definite feature within the enclosure is a short low stone wall running parallel with the sides. The walls average about 4 feet in height and about 5 feet wide and are evenly faced with one-foot stones with a rubble fill...The great number of loose stones lying in the whole of the west end would indicate former platforms or terraces. The heiau faces south, overlooking Puuloa. Thrum (79, 4) notes that it was erected in the time of Kakuhihewa with Keaiwa for priest."
Thus what can be seen today differs a bit from what was there in 1933.
Read more about the history of this heiau from DLNR.
