Talmud for Middot 2:4

כָּל הַכְּתָלִים שֶׁהָיוּ שָׁם, הָיוּ גְבוֹהִים, חוּץ מִכֹּתֶל הַמִּזְרָחִי, שֶׁהַכֹּהֵן הַשּׂוֹרֵף אֶת הַפָּרָה עוֹמֵד בְּרֹאשׁ הַר הַמִּשְׁחָה, וּמִתְכַּוֵּן וְרוֹאֶה בְפִתְחוֹ שֶׁל הֵיכָל בִּשְׁעַת הַזָּיַת הַדָּם:

All of the walls that were there [around the Temple] were high except for the Eastern wall, so that the <i>Kohen</i> who would burn the [red] heifer could stand on top of Mount of Anointing [Olives] and see the the opening of the vestibule [over the eastern wall] the time that he sprinkled the blood [of the red heifer].

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