 Protective railings were erected in 1900; before then, children would crawl across on their hands and knees to avoid being blown over the edge.There is a narrow concrete road covering the entirety of the isthmus that was built in 1945 by German prisoners of war under the direction of the Royal Engineers.Due to its isolation, the inhabitants of Little Sark had their own distinct form of Sercquiais, the native Norman dialect of the island.