Puu o Mahuka Heiau State Monument

Puu o Mahuka Heiau State Monument

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Location:Off Pupukea Homestead Road (Highway 835) from Kamehameha Highway in Pupukea.
Facilities:Cultural site.
Special Features:Site contains Oahu's largest heiau (place of worship), a low-walled court platform-type temple with two adjoining smaller independent structures. It's likely that the site was used as a sacrificial temple, and it has been suggested that three of CaptainGeorge Vancouver's men may have been sacrificed here in 1792, when they came ashore to collect water.
Address:c/o Oahu District Office
PO Box 621
Honolulu, HI 96809

Phone:808-587-0300
Web: www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dsp/oahu.html
Size: 5.7 acres.

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