Can you please help identify this plant?

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We moved in towards the end of last year. I have dug a load of stuff out the garden over the past few days, and have uncovered 5 or 6 of these (see pics!). I have no idea what they are, can anyone help please?

They have quite woody stems going into the ground, and they are very VERY firmly rooted. They haven’t budged a millimetre, despite all the digging going on around them. As an experiment, I also tried to actually dig up the tiniest one, and it just was not going to move!

Any thoughts please? Sorry if it’s obvious, I’m a complete novice.

I'm pretty sure they're suckers, possibly of a flowering cherry or plum tree.
If you want to get rid of them you will need to dig deep and chop them off as far down as possible op.

I bumping this for you Op as I recognise it, but can't remember what it is, I think tiddly is right about it being suckers though

What’s on the other side of the fence? If it’s got similar leaves you’ve got suckers.