Two important heiau survive on ridges above central Maui and were rededicated as war temples by Kahekili, Maui's last independent ruling chief. The site is open during daylight but remains a protected cultural landscape; visitors should stay off walls and platforms.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/parks/maui/halekii-pihana-heiau-state-monument/