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Since the sides of a triangular arch are experiencing bending stress, it is a [[false arch]]<ref name=oup>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture |date=2021 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780191918742 |edition=4th | chapter = triangular arch }}</ref> in a structural sense (historically preceding the invention of [[true arch]]es{{sfn|Nikolich|2020|p=1862}}). The design was common in [[Anglo-Saxon England]] until the late 11th century ([[St Mary Goslany]]).{{sfn | Woodman | Bloom | 2003 | loc=Triangular}}

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File:White Castle, arrow slit.jpg|A triangular arch built using [[masonry]] ([[White Castle, Monmouthshire]])

File:Kabah Arch 2002.12.29 27.jpg|Mayan corbelled arch

File:Saxon doorway - geograph.org.uk - 880068.jpg|Doorway at [[St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber]] ([[Anglo-Saxon architecture]])