What type of tree is this?

[the village idiot]

34 minutes ago, nepia said:

My thought too.  Where did the idea of oak come from?!

Bark is a bit iffy, but it looked like there were some radial lines in the end grain of the top picture?

[nepia]

Fair enough; I hadn't seen those.  I don't think I'd be looking to deeply into the detail given the condition of that piece though!

 

I'm not adamant it's willow, it just seemed the obvious choice to me.

[Charles Phillips]

It is very heavy, seems very dence. Also it came from quite sent woodland, not sure that help pin it down... 

[daltontrees]

the stain in the cut end says willow, so does the bark, adn I'd guess from the general form of teh pieces tha they were all stems from a  typical multistemmed willow scenario. Willow is watery but it can be plenty heavy to start with.

[Stere]

Yeah looks like willow felled a load of multistemmed Salix caprea    ones that looked the same.

 

As so willow has a high moisture % so logs are heavy when green.

 

Whats is a quite sent woodland?

 

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Stere

[Charles Phillips]

Sorry I meen dense woodland. 

[Will C]

Cut a ring off and split it, the colour difference between the sap and hart wood may help I’d it.

[Rough Hewn]

If you zoom in on picture 1 yiu can see medullary rays.
Never seen them in willow.
I’m going oak [emoji106]

[Mick Dempsey]

With a gun to my head, I’d say willow.

[Tommy_B]

Leave it on some ground for a while and if it takes root, don't burn it