Granitoid magmatic sheets emplaced syntectonically during growth of the Orlica-Śnieżnik mantled gneiss dome (Central Sudetes, European Variscan belt) were examined by means of structural geology, quartz, and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) fabric studies. Magmatic emplacement was localized along the eastern transpressive margin of the high metamorphic core and below the low-grade detached mantle rimming the southern margin of the dome.