Mango Tango-(Oahu) Traditional Cache
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Hike through lush forest. Great place to take a packed lunch and have a picnic. Everyone from kids to adults. There is a nice waterfall along the way, and the kids can play in the water, so be sure to bring swimming suits for the kids! Parking is available for hikers at the nearby golf course parking lot.
McAllister described this site in 1930 as: "Heiau (?) Site 358. Site, according to Willam Kalani, of a heiau, foot of Nuuanu Pali, Kaneohe, at a group of coconut trees. The site is rather elaborate for a house foundation, yet it does not have the appearance of having been a heiau. Upon approaching the site one comes upon a line of large 2-foot stones which appears to be the facing of a large terrace approximately 120 feet square, facing the sea on the north, upon which two low terraces occupy about the center on the mountain side. The lower terrace, 40 feet wide by 32 feet long, is 1 foot higher than the surrounding terrace and is faced with a line of 1-foot stones, rock-paved with dirt fill. The upper adjoining terrace is 1 foot higher than the lower terrace, and 2 feet above the larger surrounding terrace. It is also 40 feet wide but 58 feet long; the first 20 feet are paved with flat stones, but the back portion toward the mountains is of dirt. The back end of these terraces is not clearly delineated, but there is a partial line of stones which suggests the termination of all three terraces. Back of the line of stones is a depression in the ground, 3 by 4 feet with 6-inch stones facing the mountain side to a height of 1.5 feet. This was probably an oven (imu). An even line of 1-foot stones runs 105 feet westward and terminates above a pit 3 feet deep and 10 feet square. The mountain side of these stones is dirt-filled, forming a long low terrace. Four old coconuts, several mangoes, much Pandanus, and a little taro grow about the site, which may be a fairly modern house location." McAllister Arch. of Oahu
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