Blackthorn - not Blackadder :)

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It's been a long time since i persuaded an innocent person to try a sloe. 'Go on, just like a tiny plum,' I say. What fun! Ok, a bit cruel.

That Trunk is Collectable & Yes, it would make great walking-sticks or - if the root-Ball is included - shillelagh .

I have some Blackthorn thats been growing taller and taller over the last 20 years or so to the extent that the main trunk is now 6" or so in diameter and in the recent wind has fallen sideways (wet ground) from the field adjoining the end of the garden and now I reluctantly need to gradually trim it and so carefully into small manageable pieces to either bonfire or put it whence it came (no problem in doing that) - but there is a useful 3 metres or so of trunk that could harvest.
Is it good for turning or anything at all? any ideas Is it a hardwood?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloe_gin