Stabilization Report: Alahaka Ramp
Ladd EJ. 1963. Stabilization Report: Alahaka Ramp. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or puʻuhonua. This ruins stabilization record concerns the Alahaka Ramp. This is a ramp built of large basalt boulders with rubble fill over the Alahaka cliff just northwest of the historic village of Kiilae. It was constructed in the mid 1800s to accommodate horseback ravel in this area and is actually an improvement of two earlier stages of use. At time of the report, the ramp is being destroyed by wave action and erosion.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ladd, Edmond
- Date of Issue
- 1963
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- PUHO , PWR
- Keywords
- alahaka ramp, basalt, erosion, ruins stabilization, wave action
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 050591: Historic Stairway