Leluh (Lelu Ruins)
Basalt-walled royal city on Lelu Island, Kosrae — a stratified Micronesian capital built in a style related to Nan Madol, with separate quarters for royalty, aristocracy and commoners; its population collapsed from ~6,000 to 200 within a century of European contact.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1250 CE mainstream
the walled royal city built on Lelu islet (from ~13th c.) source - 1400 CE mainstream
height of the walled royal city source - 1650 CE mainstream
the seat of the Kosraean high chiefs at its height source
Where
5.3325° N, 163.0250° E
Sources
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