Introduction

Crumbling castles offer a glimpse into the druidic past of this once-bustling market town. Brigend, between Swansea and Cardiff, is now overrun by retail giants and housing estates and a new prison does nothing to dispel its scruffy image as an old neighbour of the coalfields.

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