Flowering Currant: moving.

I have what I now know to be a flowering currant.

Today, I've been in amongst that border and I can now see the wood for the trees (excuse the pun!).

This is how the top looks (little blurry, but good enough)



This is how the root looks. As you can see, there is a little new growth showing at the base on the right hand branches. The trunk on the left hand side is as dead as a dodo.



And this is another view of the root



Now as you can see in the final picture, much of the root is old, rotten and breaks away easily in my hand (oops! ) It is also quite loose from the soil.

So, my question is this: could I dig it up, break away the not so healthy trunk area and replant it?

Thank you

 

Thank you, Andy

The dead bits don't appear to need any 'chopping', they are keeling over with just a gentle tug of persuasion