Last edited 20 Jun 2022

Camber arch

Short Guide: Traditional Scottish Brickwork, published, on 1 March 2014 by Historic Environment Scotland, defines a camber arch as: ‘An arch whose upper edge or extrados is horizontal, but whose lower edge or intrados is slightly curved or “cambered”.’

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