A New Look At Old Wood

We often walk from Coniston, along the old railway line that has now been closed for over 50 years. There is much of interest and always something new. Today The 'something new' came from something very old and very familiar. When we leave the railway line and head down to the lake shore for our return to the village, we pass through a National Trust campsite and standing by one of the cattle grids is an old, dead tree. I have often admired it's grand, skeletal appearance and wondered about how old it is and what kind of tree it has been. Only today I looked closer at the grain and the shapes within the tree trunk and realised that although the tree had been dead for many years, it was still aching of great beauty.

Beautiful textures and patterns of old wood.

Anyone know what kind of wood it is?