Kīkīaola

Trench with the stone fortification

Kīkīaola is a historic irrigation ditch ( ʻauwai ) near Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi in the US state of Hawaii .

Also known as Menehune Ditch or Peekauai Ditch , the facility was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1984 . According to unproven statements, the trench is said to have been built by the Menehune . The Hawaiians built many stone-lined ponds for growing taro (kalo), one of the most important traditional crops. The numerous finely cut basalt blocks that are on the outer wall of the Menehune Trench make it a "highlight of stone-lined trenches," as the archaeologist Wendell C. Bennett put it. The site shares its name with a port near Waimea.

Individual evidence

^ National Register Database and Research , National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
↑ Patrick Vinton Kirch: 'Auwai at Waimea (The "Menehune Ditch"). In: Legacy of the Landscape: An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Sites. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1996, p. 22, ISBN 0-8248-1739-7 .

21.975278 -159.659722Coordinates: 21 ° 58 ′ 31 ″ N , 159 ° 39 ′ 35 ″ W.

[1] National Register Database and Research , National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

[2] Patrick Vinton Kirch: 'Auwai at Waimea (The "Menehune Ditch"). In: Legacy of the Landscape: An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Sites. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1996, p. 22, ISBN 0-8248-1739-7 .