As you leave the palace grounds you approach the Great Wall. This huge rock wall, built sometime in the 1500's, is constructed of dry masonry and fit together like a jig saw puzzle. The purpose of the wall was to separate the Palace Grounds from the puʻuhonua (sanctuary). For the most part, the wall that you see today is the original wall, although it has been repaired on two occasions.
In order to enter the Puʻuhonua (place of refuge, sanctuary) you must walk around the wall on the right near Honaunau Bay.
