Our Taibach Historian Mr.A Leslie Evans,tells us a little about The Brancu Stone which is preserved in St.Catherine`s Church Baglan.
He links it with the Dark Ages,a small rectangular slab [28ins by 16ins] ascribed to the 9th or 10th Century,which bears a charming example of Celtic ornament.It is richly carved with a Latin wheel cross in low relief,formed by 
an interlaced double ribbon,and the name Brancu appears on its lower right side,followed by the early Christian Chi-Rho sign.This sign,owing to weathering,was formerly mistaken for the letter " f " ,so that the name was rendered as
Brancuf.The stone is evidently sepulchral in character,bearing the name of a long forgotten person of some local importance.Professor Westward,in his account of the stone which appeared in 1851,says that he saw it in the coping of 
the old churchyard wall,close to a stile near the southern entrance.
Today one can see the stone in the north transept of St.Catherine`s Church Baglan.