Puukohola Heiau, National Historic Site

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Pu'ukokola Heiau, National Historic Site

  • November 13, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by JimandBill from Pittsburg, California
Pu'ukokola Heiau, National Historic Site

A walking tour -- a temple, the ruins of Mailekini Heiau (war or agricultural temple used by ancestors of Kamehameha), a temple converted to a fort with the help of John Young, beach morning glories, the temple of the shark god (black-tipped reef sharks frequent the bay in front of the heiau year-round, and sharks were believed to be 'aumakua', ancestral deities), and the site of John Young's homestead (a British sailor who was stranded on Hawaii in 1790 and became a trusted military advisor to Kamehameha, who made him governor of the island).

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