Ha'amonga'a Maui Trilithon Tongatapu

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Description: This mysterious 11th-century stone arch weighs about 12 tons and is made up of three large slabs.
Attraction Type: Mysterious site, Monument
Address: Lapaha Tongatapu, Tonga

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Nothing's ever easy...
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... families scurrying across the road to join in the feast.   We then followed the coast road round to the Ha'amonga 'a Maui trilithon. This large and imposing structure was built about 1200AD, as a way of tracking the solstices. I could still ...

Tonga (or "Get that pig out of the road!")

... forced through coral fissures and jets 50ft into the air; the world's only multi-headed coconut palm; and the Ha'amonga 'a Maui Trilithon, the South Pacific's answer to Stonehenge - three coralline rocks, arranged to form a gateway, each weighing around ...