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Ashe authored a novel about an occult group that meets near the site of Avalon entitled ''The Finger and the Moon''.
 
He became a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]] in 1963<ref name="debretts" /> and was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2012 New Year Honours]] for services to heritage.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=13 |supp=y }}</ref> In 2015, Ashe was admitted by [[Glastonbury]] Town Council as an Honorary Freeman of Glastonbury "in recognition of his eminent services to the place as an author and cultural historian."<ref>Central Somerset Gazette, 23 July 2015 – page 9: 'Council honours historical author with freeman nod' by Bodhi Maia [[Mid Somerset Series]]</ref>
 
Ashe's book ''Camelot and the Vision of Albion'' was often cited by [[Paul Weller]] as a major influence on [[The Jam]]'s 1980 album [[Sound Affects]].<ref>Jim Irvin [editor]; Colin McLear [editor] (2007): "The Mojo Collection – 4th Edition". The Jam: Sound Affects. Canongate Books. page 457. {{ISBN|978-1-84195-973-3}}</ref>