 Since Conival lies in the way of the ascent from Inchnadamph, the two are almost invariably ascended together.Ben More Assynt also has a subsidiary "top" listed in Munro's Tables, called simply the South Top; situated one kilometre south of the summit, it is high.The Assynt area lies within the Moine Thrust Belt and is a classic locality in the history of the development of theories about thrust tectonics.